Tent-making bats
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Stenodermatinae
Genus : Uroderma
Facts about the genus Uroderma, the tent-making bats
The fur color of some tent-making bats is usually whitish or pale or with some kind of disruptive patterns (facial or dorsal stripes) that may function as a kind of camouflage against visual-oriented predators (Foster & Timm 1976, Brooke 1990).
The highest diversity of tent-making bats is found in wet tropical regions.
The other tent-making bats are two fruit-eating Cynopterus species, one insectivorous bat (Scotophilus kuhlii) (all Old World bats) and Microchiroptera bats from the family Phyllostomidae (New World).
These "tent-making" bats are small fruit-eaters that chew across the large leaves to cause the sides to droop down in the form of a tent.
Tent-making bats are amazing in that they can make their own protected perch. (Full text)
