Honduran White bats - Ectophylla alba

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Honduran White Bat (Ectophylla alba)

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Conservation Status- Near Threatened

Habitat- Southern Central America

Size (Weight/Length)- 4.5 cm

Diet- Fruit

Cool Facts- The leaf-cuddling Honduran white bat made quite the rounds on the internet due to their adorable sleeping arrangements. During the day, these bats group together in ‘tents’ made out of leaves by cutting them open in the midrib with their teeth. The tents are constructed by multiple bats and are lived in for multiple weeks until the leaf dies. Colonies usually consist of 1-15 individuals and their offspring. The leaves give further protection from predators by making the Honduran white bat’s fur appear green when sunlight casts onto the leaf. These bats feed almost exclusively on figs. The yellow carotenoids in the fruit result in the yellow coloration on the bat’s nose and ears, resulting in the Honduran white bat being one of the only mammals to have coloration based on their diet.

Rating- 14/10 (Baby bats are called pups. Bat puppies.)

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21-6-23

Honduran White Bat, via

Look at this little creature on iNaturalist.

ITS BAT WEEK MOTHERFUCKERS HERES MY FAVORITE BAT THEYRE CALLED HOUNDRAN WHITE BAts and THEYRE TINY AND LIVE IN LEAF TENTS

Perfect little Honduran bat squishies 😭💛 So proud of how they turned out 🥹

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[CLOSED] Silly bat adoptable from a batch I posted on Instagram 🦇🍊 $10!!

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Bat shoutout time!

Shoutout to Honduran White Bats!! These little guys are usually only about an inch and a half long, and look like Stitch’s cousins!! They curl up in leaves to sleep instead of caves and they sleep in groups of two to fifteen! Look at these lil dudes!!!!!

I LOVE BATS

Feeling batty lately so! Pallid Bat and Honduran Bat, woe, little guys be upon ye!

HUMGY!!!!!!!!!!