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Chestnut Sac-winged Bat

Cormura brevirostris

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Field Notes

Description:

Approx 2.5 inches long

Habitat:

In a cavity in a falling tree. Lowland wet forest, Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge

Reference Links:

Wagner's Sac-winged Bat - Cormura brevirostris - Overview, Cormura brevirostris (Chestnut Sac-winged Bat, Wagner's Sac-winged Bat)

Species ID Suggestions

Sheath-tailed bats

Emballonuridae
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Comments (2)
manuelariasarias77
Hi Afribats - that what I thought when I saw it, but both Manuel and the biologist who was with him say it's so
AfriBats
Really in a fallen tree? Looks more like in a cave...

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Bat Monitoring Project
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Caño Palma Biological Station - BioBlitz Barra!
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 26, 2014

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