Tent-making bat

Description

Uroderma bilobatum is a mammalian species described by Peter in 1866.Uroderma bilobatum is part of the genus Uroderma and the family leaf nostrils.The IUCN categorizes the species globally as viable.No subspecies are listed in the Catalog of Life.Wilson & Reeder (2005) distinguishes between three subspecies.The species is 54 to 61 mm long and lacks tail.It weighs 13 to 21 g.The fur has a greyish color with a slight light streak on the back of the back.Characteristic are two white stripes above and below each eye.The edges of the ears are yellow.This bat comes from southern Mexico across Central America and North America to southern Peru,Bolivia,southern Brazil and possibly northern Paraguay.The species lives mainly in the lowlands and it reaches in mountain ranges 2600 meters above sea level.The habitat consists mainly of evergreen forests like rain forests.Uroderma bilobatum also searches for dry areas and cultivated regions.A group of several individuals rests in a self-constructed structure similar to a tent.The species mainly eats fruits as well as nectar,some insects and flowers.Honor usually produces two litters per year.The pregnancy lasts four to five months and then one young per litter is born.Like several other bats,Uroderma bilobatum is active at night.