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IPANEMA BAT Pygoderma bilabiatum
One word beautifully sums up this bat - UGLY! Though it doesn´t show well on preserved specimens the characteristic feature of this bat in Paraguay is the humungously unattractively swollen face which looks like somebody has beaten the bat with a big stick. The area around the eyes is particularly grotesque, whilst the scientific name bilabiatum refers to the "two-lipped" appearance this bat seems to have.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM169PH) Adult specimen dorsal, Centro de Mastozoologia del Paraguay, Asunción (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM170PH) Same specimen ventral (Paul Smith August 2009).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM171PH) Same specimen head detail (Paul Smith August 2009).
