Proboscis Bat
Field guide
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Proboscis Bat

Rhynchonycteris naso

Overview

Osa Peninsula, Tortuguero and Corcovado are among the five atlas places where the Proboscis Bat is recorded, with records concentrating in Mexico, Costa Rica and Guyana. The atlas holds 844 records of this mammal across 16 countries, including Brazil and Peru. This map follows where those records concentrate. Since Rhynchonycteris naso is recorded in both the northern and southern hemispheres, seasons differ by region and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
844
Countries
16
Atlas places
5
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the Proboscis Bat as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • Mexico
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 239 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Costa Rica
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 159 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Guyana
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 97 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Brazil
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 61 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Peru
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 59 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Ecuador
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 56 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Panama
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 45 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Belize
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 28 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Honduras
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 15 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Suriname
    25 km zone · medium confidence · 18 records · updated 40 days ago
    Likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of Proboscis Bat