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Brazilian Long-nosed Bats

(Rhynchonycteris naso)  ORDER: CHIROPTERA   l   FAMILY: EMBALLONURIDAE


 

                                                                                ~ February 16, 2009
                                                                         Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Brazilian Long-nosed Bats live in colonies of 5 to15 bats. They are only 1½ inches long.
At night they fly 10 feet above the river hunting insects such as mosquitoes.