Wagner's moustached bat

About the Wagner's moustached bat

Wagner's mustached bat (Pteronotus personatus) is a bat species from South and Central America. It is one of the few New World bats species known to perform Doppler shift compensation behavior. Wagner's mustached bat is a relatively small bat, with a head-body length of 6 to 6.7 centimetres (2.4 to 2.6 in) and a tail 1.5 to 1.8 centimetres (0.59 to 0.71 in) long. There are two color phases, with some individuals having blackish-brown fur over the back and head with drab grey underparts, and others being clay-brown to reddish yellow with buff or cinnamon underparts. Individuals of both color phases can be found together in the same cave.

The ears are long and pointed, with sharp serrations along the medial edges and a spatulate tragus including a shelf-like fold. The upper lip has a number of heavy bristles and surrounds the nose, with numerous folds and small projections along its edge. The snout is raised upwards, while the remainder of the skull is relatively flattened. The incisor teeth are reduced in size, but have a complex shape with two or three lobes.

The wing membranes reach the ankles of the bat, which are also attached to a large uropatagium, with the short... Wikipedia →