The honduran white bats aremuch less scary than their other bat relatives. Instead of being dark andhaving not a lot of hair, these bats are white and have fur. They’re only 3-5centimeters long and weigh 6 grams. The wings, mouth, and ears are a lightyellow and orange color. Their color is special because they’re one of the onlybat species to be white instead of brown or black.
Like the name states, the Honduran white batlives in Honduras, it also lives in Costa rica and Panama. They live inrainforests that have a plant called the heliconia plant. They need it for it’sspecial leaves that they will use to make their shelter for a night. They cutalong the large leaves so it makes a tent shape that the bats are able to hangonto the middle and sleep. The plants are quite tall so they are able toprotect the bats from predators. Because of how it makes its shelter, it has anickname that is caribbean white tent making bat.
These bats sleep during the day but hunt duringthe night, this means they’re nocturnal. The honduran white bats eat fruit andplants. Like a lot of other small mammals in the rainforests, they have to bepretty careful of predators. Their most common predators are possums, snakes,bigger mammals, and owls. This species of bat isn’t endangered, but since itslives in the rainforest, it’s habitat is prone to being logged. their life spanis 15-20 years.