Hairy Big-eyed Bat
Chiroderma villosum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassMammalia (Mammals)
- OrderChiroptera (Bats)
- FamilyPhyllostomidae (New World Leaf-nosed Bats)
- GenusChiroderma (Big-eyed Bats)
- SpeciesChiroderma villosum (Hairy Big-eyed Bat)
1 Verified sightings at Tikal National Park From 2019 to 2026
6 Verified sightings across all 5 parks From 2019 to 2026
🌙 Nocturnal When it's spotted during nighttime hours (6pm–6am)
About the Hairy Big-eyed Bat
The hairy big-eyed bat (Chiroderma villosum) is a bat species from South and Central America. Wikipedia →
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 | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 2 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 3 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 5 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |