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frog-eating or fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus

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frog-eating or fringe-lipped bat, Trachops cirrhosus

A frog-eating or fringe-lipped bat (Trachops cirrhosus) catching a young common basilisk lizard (Basiliscus basiliscus) in Panama. This species of lizard often sleeps while grasping the mid-rib of a large leaf. When hunting, frog-eating bats (who also like lizards) will hover over a leaf, fanning it with their wings, in hope of causing the lizard to move. If the lizard has to move, its movement creates sound that alerts the bat to its presence, so it can be caught and eaten.

1979 Central America Latin America Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation Panama Phyllostomidae catching common basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus catching prey common basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus frogeating or fringelipped bat Trachops cirrhosus

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