This sign board amongst the mangroves lining the Rio Cuero of the Cuero y Salada Wildlife Refuge in Honduras appears to have nothing goimg for it in the wildlife line. However, roosting in plain sight is a colony of Proboscis Bats (Rhynchonycteris naso). This bat goes by a variety of common names in the countries of Central and South America where it lives, often in wetlands: Brazilian Long-nosed Bat, Sharp-nosed Bat, River Bat and Long-nosed Proboscis Bat, the latter surely tautological. From the angle we viewed them it is not possible to see, because of foreshortening, the long nose.
This species is known to roost with the whole colony of 5-10 individuals lined up along branches, for example. It is small bat, around 6 cm long, nocturnal and insectivorous.
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