SIZE: body=6.5 cm; weight=15 g
DESCRIPTION: Medium-sized greyish bat with white stripe down back. Four white stripes on face and paler edging on ears. The muzzle is relatively robust with a deep rostrum.
ACTIVITY: Nocturnal
HABITS: Feeds primarily on fruit, supplemented with insects and nectar. Is probably an obligate “tent” rooster. Tents are made by the bat biting through a leaf, such as palm, until the leaf droops over to form a shelter. There many be up to 50 bats clustered together under a tent.
HABITAT: Lowland rainforest, but also disturbed areas around gardens.
STATUS: Often common. IUCN lists this bat as a species of least concern.