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wasp's nest. Roosts can be found in caves, deep rock crevices, and old mines. Although ghost bats prefer to roost in colonies, they currently only roost in small groups at best due to a lack of roosting sites that support larger colonies; colonies of more than 100 bats in one location are rarely seen. It often roosts singly under palm leaves.
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bodies. It is about 5.5 mm long and 3.1 mm in diameter. The glans penis is white in color, and the prepuce is encased in a layer of short, fine hair. The testes are spindle-like in shape, symmetrical, and enclosed in a black tunica. In females, the ovaries are ovoid in shape and are roughly
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Northern ghost bats inhabit tropical and coastal forests, and frequently roost in caves, in the open, or in palm trees. When roosting in palm trees, individual bats tend to occupy the space closest to the rachis (stem) of the palm frond. Hanging bats are inconspicuous, and mirror the appearance of a
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The distribution of the northern ghost bat is confined to the neotropics. Its range extends as far north as the tropical mainland of Mexico and as far south as the tropics of Brazil. Its distribution is limited relative to other members of its genus. Altitudinally, it lives within the sea-level to
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that feeds primarily on moths. It flies high above the ground in open spaces when feeding, usually in a straight fashion. In Costa Rica, it is known to sing when feeding. The sounds that it makes during its songs are thought to be unique to the genus.
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M. B. FENTON, E. BERNARD, S. BOUCHARD, L. HOLLIS, D. S. JOHNSTON, C. L. LAUSEN, J. M. RATCLIFFE, D. K. RISKIN, J. R. TAYLOR and J. ZIGOURIS (2001) ‘The bat fauna of
Lamanai, Belize: Roosts and trophic roles’, J. Trop. Ecol., 17(04), pp. 511–524. doi:
245:. It is pure white to pale grey in color, with some dark-grey basal pelage. In stark contrast to other members of the family Emballonuridae, it does not have wing-sacs, but rather, a large glandular structure located centrally with respect to its
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bone, with large areas of attachment for the pectoralis muscle. It also has a large glandular structure on its uropatagium. The functional significance of this glandular structure is thought to be analogous to that of wing sacs in other
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Estrada, A. and Coates-Estrada, R. (2002) ‘Bats in continuous forest, forest fragments and in an agricultural mosaic habitat-island at Los
Tuxtlas, Mexico’, Biological Conservation, 103(2), pp. 237–245. doi:
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Lim, B.K., Engstrom, M.D., Timm, R.M., Anderson, R.P., Watson and
Cynthia, L. (1999) First records of 10 bat species in Guyana and comments on diversity of bats in Iwokrama forest. Available at:
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1017:Papuan sheath-tailed bat (
951:Pale-winged dog-like bat (
876:Seri's sheath-tailed bat (
849:Lesser sheath-tailed bat (
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1155:Hildegarde's tomb bat (
1095:Lesser sac-winged bat (
960:Trinidad dog-like bat (
253:is from the Latin word
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924:Greater dog-like bat (
780:Isabelle's ghost bat (
1531:Bats of the Caribbean
1526:Bats of South America
1227:Theobald's tomb bat (
1146:Hamilton's tomb bat (
1119:Indonesian tomb bat (
942:Lesser dog-like bat (
631:Thomas's shaggy bat (
607:Gray sac-winged bat (
1191:Mauritian tomb bat (
762:Northern ghost bat (
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1218:Egyptian tomb bat (
1026:Pel's pouched bat (
771:Greater ghost bat (
40:Conservation status
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791:D. scutatus
366:19 November
315:insectivore
247:uropatagium
227:Description
1516:Diclidurus
1505:Categories
1121:T. achates
1097:S. leptura
1088:S. gymnura
915:Peropteryx
745:Diclidurus
609:B. plicata
591:B. infusca
569:Chiroptera
322:References
251:Diclidurus
242:Diclidurus
237:Chiroptera
148:Diclidurus
127:Chiroptera
1110:Taphozous
1019:S. mixtus
833:E. dianae
815:E. alecto
773:D. ingens
732:C. alecto
721:Cyttarops
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93:Kingdom:
87:Eukaryota
1449:13800987
1397:10595843
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1166:T. hilli
878:E. serii
842:E. furax
764:D. albus
557:Eutheria
551:Mammalia
545:Chordata
543:Phylum:
539:Animalia
270:clavicle
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117:Mammalia
107:Chordata
103:Phylum:
97:Animalia
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60:IUCN 3.1
1488:1060477
1436:1004783
1371:2433092
1280:Q134340
1028:S. peli
986:R. naso
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666:C. afra
655:Coleura
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1392:IRMNG
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1332:52328
1319:34067
891:Mosia
600:B. io
1457:NCBI
1423:6561
1418:IUCN
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1366:GBIF
1327:BOLD
368:2021
351:2016
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