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Sac-winged or Sheath-tailed Bats [Order: Chiroptera; Family: Emballonuridae]
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Proboscis Bat (Rhynchonycteris naso)
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Proboscis Bat proboscis_bat_205546.psd

Close-up photo of Proboscis Bat in a colony roosting on trunk of tree above surface of river.

ID: 205546
Photographer: © Ian Montgomery
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Location: Encontro das Aguas, Pantanal Mato Grosso Brazil
Date & Time: 19/9/19 1:07:37 PM

Original size (pixels): width 1800, height 1350

Aperture: f5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/250 sec
Focal Length: 400.0 mm

Also known as Brazilian Long-nosed Bat. They have irregular white stripes down the back and pale spots on the forearms, thought to be for camouflage. Widespread in Central and South America east of the Andes as far south as northern Bolivia and central Brazil.

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Gallery revised on Tuesday, 7 April 2020