π¦Honduran white bat
The Honduran white bat, also called the Caribbean white tent-making bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomatidae. It is the only member of the genus Ectophylla. The genus and the species were both scientifically described for the first time in 1892. It has distinctive, entirely white fur, which is only found in six of the roughly 1,300 known species of bat. It constructs "tents" out of understory plant leaves by strategically cutting the leaf ribs with its teeth; it roosts in these tents during the day. It is a specialist frugivore, consuming almost exclusively the fruits of one species of fig. Females can likely become pregnant twice per year, giving birth to one offspring at a time.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2015.
- Body mass
- 0.01 kg
- Body length
- 0.05 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 17 years
Everything we know about the Honduran white bat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.01 kgCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Body length0.05 mCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Maximum lifespan17 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Generation length6 yearsCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Gestation122 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails βHide β
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Honduran white bat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassMammalia
- βΊorderChiroptera
- βΊfamilyPhyllostomidae
- βΊgenusEctophylla
- βΊspeciesEctophylla alba
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- orderBats Β· Chiroptera
- subfamilyStenodermatinae
- genusEctophylla
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals Β· Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderBats Β· Chiroptera
- familyPhyllostomidae
- subfamilyStenodermatinae
- genusEctophylla
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