Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat

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Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat
Animal Diversity Web
University of Michigan
Museum of Zoology

Habitat
During the day, they live in hollow trees, underneath large leaves, and beneath the eaves of buildings. They often roost where there in considerable light. Every few days, they will move to a new roosting site. They roost in small groups containing mixed ages of males and females, the size of which range from three to one hundred individuals.

Food Habits
These bats are frugivorous. They chew the fruit, swallow the juice, and spit out most of the pulp and seeds. They swallow some of the softer pulp, and some of the seeds. The swallowed food goes through the simple digestive tract, usually within a half an hour.

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