This signal board amongst the mangroves lining the Rio Cuero of the Cuero y Salada Wildlife Refuge in Honduras seems to don’t have anything goimg for it within the wildlife line. Nevertheless, roosting in plain sight is a colony of Proboscis Bats (Rhynchonycteris naso). This bat goes by quite a lot of frequent names within the nations of Central and South America the place it lives, usually in wetlands: Brazilian Lengthy-nosed Bat, Sharp-nosed Bat, River Bat and Lengthy-nosed Proboscis Bat, the latter certainly tautological. From the angle we considered them it’s not attainable to see, due to foreshortening, the lengthy nostril.
This species is thought to roost with the entire colony of 5-10 people lined up alongside branches, for instance. It’s small bat, round 6 cm lengthy, nocturnal and insectivorous.