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8:00pm August 1, 2013

camwyn:

astronomy-to-zoology:

Northern Ghost Bat (Diclidurus albus)

…a rare species of sac-winged bat that ranges from Mexico to eastern Brazil and some of the Caribbean islands. Like most bats northern ghost bats are nocturnal and feed at night for flying insects. During the day they can be found roosting under palms, they are solitary and don’t congregate outside the breeding season. Unlike other members of Emballonuridae D.albus does not have wing sacs. Instead they have a unique gland on their uropatagium. The exact function of this gland is not yet known but it is thought it to play  a part in breeding. Northern ghost bats also have vestigial thumbs unlike other members of Diclidurus.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Chordata-Mammalia-Chiroptera-Emballonuridae-Diclidurus-D.albus

Images: SergeiKoultchitskii and Erwin Holzer

I like the Amish beard effect these guys have going on.

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