The batman of Mexico has his own bat-cave. He just shares it with 4,000 Mexican long-nosed bats. In this episode, join researcher Rodrigo Medellin as he descends into the Devil’s Cave just north of Mexico City. It’s a journey that started decades ago when Medellin was on a game show as a boy. He lost the game show, but won a prize far more valuable—for himself, his students, and Mexico’s bats. Ari Daniel Shapiro reports from Tepoztlán. read moreDuration: 5:30Published: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 18:16:14 +0000
Lophostoma kalkoae (EKVK:119)Project 421: Velazco, P. M. and A. L. Gardner. 2012. A new species of Lophostoma d'Orbigny, 1836 (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) from Panama. Journal of Mammalogy. 93 (2):605-614.Source: Morphobank #M54249Media loaded by Paul Velazco
Known as White-lined bats or Geoffroy's Rayed Bats. These have been banded, which is not surprising, as they have chosen to roost at the Smithsonian Research Institute of Barro Colorado Island, Panama.
Summary[edit] Description: English: incisors and canines of the dark long-tongued bat, Lichonycteris obscurus. Date: 1904. Source: The Land and Sea Mammals of Middle America and the West Indies, Issue 2. Author: Daniel Giraud Elliot.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Nectar-feeding bat Glossophaga commissarisi. Date: 17 November 2011. Source: Own work. Author: Karin Schneeberger alias Felineora.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Chiroderma doriae specimen collected at Pilar do Sul, São Paulo, Brazil. This specimen is deposited in the mammal colletion of the Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz, Piracicaba, São Paulo. Date: 25 February 2014, 22:49:41. Source: Own work. Author: Guilherme Garbino.