Safety note: May carry rabies — do not approach or handle.
Shaw's Mastiff Bat is a large free-tailed bat of tropical America that ranges north through Mexico, with occasional records in Texas. Like other mastiff bats, it has massive forward-projecting ears joined at the midline and requires height for takeoff. It roosts in rock crevices and hollow trees and forages high above the forest canopy.
Habitat
Tropical forests and rocky areas of Mexico and Central America
Diet
Large moths and beetles
How common
Rare
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