Pygmy Fruit-eating Bat
Dermanura phaeotis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 110
- Most observed in
- 🇲🇽 Mexico
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The pygmy fruit-eating bat (Dermanura phaeotis) is a bat of the family Phyllostomidae. The specific name phaeotis is of Greek derivation, coming from the word phaios meaning dusky, referring to their dusky gray coloration.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Pygmy fruit-eating bat”.