Honduran white bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Honduran white bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Ectophylla alba
Group	Bats
Status	Near threatened (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	North America
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Phyllostomidae

Where does the Honduran white bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Honduran white bat in 1 country or territory across North America.

Costa Rica

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Honduran white bat endangered?

The Honduran white bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Near threatened” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Honduran white bat?

The Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Phyllostomidae, genus Ectophylla. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Honduran white bat

The Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba), also called the Caribbean white tent-making bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is the only member of the genus Ectophylla. The genus and the species were both scientifically described for the first time in 1892. It has distinctive, entirely white fur, which is only found in six of the roughly 1,300 known species of bat. It constructs "tents" out of understory plant leaves by strategically cutting the leaf ribs with its teeth; it roosts in these tents during the day. It is a specialist frugivore, consuming almost exclusively the fruits of one species of fig. Females can likely become pregnant twice per year, giving birth to one offspring at a time.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Honduran white bat (revision 1378706593), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301286 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).