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What

Spectral Bat (Vampyrum spectrum)

Observer

carlosnarvaez

Date

July 2013

Place

El Oro, EC (Google, OSM)

Description

PCMEcuador

Spectral bat is the largest micro-bats and the largest carnivorous bat in the world; It looks robust, with a wingspan of 0.7 to 1.0 m. (Navarro & Wilson 1982). The information for its behavior and diet is limited; as large predators, it is in the top of the food chain, their meat diet is often opportunistics (Nowak, 1999, Emmons 1997),

Found inside a roost in a old tree of Ceiba pentandra, A Female Spectral Bat with your young lactating breeding

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