Species MammalsStripe-headed Round-eared Bat

Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat

Tonatia saurophila

Very rareMammal
Illustration of Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat (Tonatia saurophila)
Safety note: May carry rabies — do not approach or handle.

The Stripe-headed Round-eared Bat is a large-eared phyllostomid bat of tropical forests that uses passive listening rather than active echolocation to detect large insects and small vertebrates resting on foliage. It has been documented hunting sleeping lizards and frogs in addition to insects. It ranges from Mexico through Central and South America.

Habitat
Tropical forest interior and forest edges
Diet
Large insects, lizards, frogs, and small vertebrates
How common
Very rare

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