Honduran white bats (Ectophylla alba), also known as Caribbean white tent-making bats, roosting beneath a leaf. These bats construct tents out of plan

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Honduran white bats (Ectophylla alba), also known as Caribbean white tent-making bats, roosting beneath a leaf. These bats construct tents out of plant leaves by cutting the leaf ribs with their teeth. They roost in these tents during the day. They eat the fruits of one species of fig. Photographed in Costa Rica.

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