Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat
Lonchorhina aurita
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyPhyllostomidae (New World Leaf-nosed Bats)
- GenusLonchorhina (Sword-nosed Bats)
- SpeciesLonchorhina aurita (Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat)
Closest Relatives at Arenal Volcano National Park
Vampire Bat
Desmodus rotundus
Common tent-making Bat
Uroderma bilobatum
Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus jamaicensis
Common Big-eared Bat
Micronycteris microtis
Northern Little Yellow-eared Bat
Vampyressa thyone
Proboscis Bat
Rhynchonycteris naso
Thomas's Shaggy Bat
Centronycteris centralis
Greater Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx bilineata
Lesser Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx leptura
Chestnut Sac-winged Bat
Cormura brevirostris
Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat
Pteronotus mesoamericanus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Tomes's Sword-nosed Bat at Arenal Volcano National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chagres National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 2 | Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 3 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Soberanía National Park | 🇵🇦 Panama |