📸 PhotoPhoto: Leyo · CC BY-SA 2.5 ch · Wikimedia Commons Source
Honduran White Bat
Ectophylla alba (Honduran White Bat · シロヘラコウモリ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Females cut from the outer edge of a Heliconia leaf to the midrib so the blade droops to form a tent.
- 💡 Its average weight of 5.67 g is almost the same as one Korean 100-won coin (about 5.4 g) (Comparison).
- 💡 Its maximum total length of 4.7 cm is slightly shorter than an AA battery (about 5 cm) (Comparison).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
Site-computed relative index from recorded values; not a formal scientific metric.
📖 1. Overview
The Honduran White Bat is a tiny fruit bat with snow-white fur that roosts in tents made by cutting Heliconia leaves.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its fur ranges from gray to snow-white, while its serrated leaf-shaped nose and ears are yellow or amber. Tailless, it has a forearm of 25–28 mm and wings that are pale yellow on the outer part and grayish-black on the inner membrane.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It feeds mainly on figs, foraging for fruit at night and navigating by echolocation. Groups of 1 male and 5–6 females roost together under a single leaf tent and mate during the rainy season from May to August.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List NT (2015) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7030/22027138
- • IUCN Red List category NT — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • mammaldiversity.org — 1005029
- • iucnredlist.org — 22027138
- • wikidata.org — Q301286
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Ectophylla alba Costa Rica.jpg
- • animaldiversity.org — Ectophylla alba
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Roberto Díaz Sibaja · CC BY 3.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Desmodus rotundus)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.