Genus

Spear-nosed Bats

Phyllostomus

1 species in our catalog · found in 3 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassMammalia (Mammals)
OrderChiroptera (Bats)
FamilyPhyllostomidae (New World Leaf-nosed Bats)
GenusPhyllostomus (Spear-nosed Bats)

Species in this group

Phyllostomus hastatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

<5%

Jan

~10%

Feb

~10%

Mar

~10%

Apr

~10%

May

<5%

Jun

~10%

Jul

<5%

Aug

<5%

Sep

~20%

Oct

<5%

Nov

<5%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Spear-nosed Bats

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 4 species, darker where more of them overlap (Mammal Diversity Database, Marsh et al. 2022). Our parks

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Bastimentos Island National Marine Park	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 1	~10%
	Greater Spear-nosed Bat			~10%
2	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 1	~10%
	Greater Spear-nosed Bat			~10%
3	La Amistad International Park (Panama)	🇵🇦 Panama	1 of 1	~10%
	Greater Spear-nosed Bat			~10%

Spear-nosed Bats

Species in this group

Greater Spear-nosed Bat

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Spear-nosed Bats

Parks Ranked