Proboscis Bat
Rhynchonycteris naso
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyEmballonuridae (Sheath-tailed Bats)
- GenusRhynchonycteris
- SpeciesRhynchonycteris naso (Proboscis Bat)
Closest Relatives at Soberanía National Park
Greater Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx bilineata
Thomas's Shaggy Bat
Centronycteris centralis
Chestnut Sac-winged Bat
Cormura brevirostris
Common tent-making Bat
Uroderma bilobatum
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus jamaicensis
Fringe-Lipped Bat
Trachops cirrhosus
Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
Greater Spear-nosed Bat
Phyllostomus hastatus
Common Big-eared Bat
Micronycteris microtis
Mesoamerican Common Mustached Bat
Pteronotus mesoamericanus
Chestnut Short-Tailed Bat
Carollia castanea
White-throated Round-eared Bat
Lophostoma silvicola
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · 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
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Proboscis Bat in Soberanía National Park?
About 34% of visitor-days record a Proboscis Bat sighting in Soberanía National Park, based on 126 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Proboscis Bat in Soberanía National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Proboscis Bat in Soberanía National Park in our monthly data.