White Bat
By K.C
Description
- White fur with a flat yellow nose and yellow ears
- 3.7-4.7 cm long
- Weighs about 6 grams
- The extended wings are about 6-10 cm(Wikipedia)
- The tail is extremely small
Food Chain and Habitat
- Found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Western Panama (Wikipedia)
- Eats fruit and/or vegitation
- Gives birth to a single offspring during the springtime
- Unlike other bats, the white bat will only flee if its habitat is greatly disturbed
- Predators include opossums,snakes,and other carnivorous animals
Adaptation
- Constructs its own roost from Helicania leaves
- Advantage of having their white fur is that the sunlight will reglect colors on to their fur so they blend in with their natural surroundings
- Honduran white bats do not go back to the same nest each day and insted move among their many roosts
- Roosts are made six feet off the ground
Reasons for Endangerment and Critical Information
- Rainforest destrustion leads to loss of habitat
- Rainforests with Heliconia leaves are needed for white bats to survive
- Projects to improve rainforest conservation education are currently ongoing to prevent the loss of rainforests(kingman123.tripod)
- Keeping track of the white bat population
- Donate money to help because they are one of the only two white bats
- Even though they are not endangered, they will be soon if he does not reach them in the near future
- Protect your environment so that their habitat and the homes of other animals will not disappear one after another