#Bat Photos

This Percival's short-eared trident bat (Cloeotis percivali) is from South Africa. This bat is part of the Hipposideridae family. It is insectivorous and ranges widely across middle and southeastern Africa. And it's just cute as can be. See more bat photos: http://www.merlintuttle.com

2017 Calendar of Merlin Tuttle's Bat Photography is Now Available! Bat conservationist Merlin Tuttle's fantastic photographs of the world's only flying mammal, paired with lively and informative text, captures the industrious nature of these fascinating nocturnal creatures. Take a close look at thes…

The Buffy flower bat (Erophylla sezekorni) lives mostly in Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahama Islands. It forms colonies of several thousand individuals in caves and feeds mostly on nectar, fruit and insects. Support bat conservation by donating to MTBC! Your donation helps us continue to educate people a…

Hello, Bat Fans! Trefoil horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus trifoliatus) range throughout most of Southeast Asia, living in understory forests. It roosts alone in foliage, including beneath palm and rattan leaves and hunts by listening and waiting for insects to fly by it's feeding perches. Support bat con…

The Buffy flower bat (Erophylla sezekorni) lives mostly in Cuba, Jamaica and the Bahama Islands. It forms colonies of several thousand individuals in caves and feeds mostly on nectar, fruit and insects. Support bat conservation by donating to MTBC! Your donation helps us continue to educate people a…

Brazilian free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) eating a corn earworm moth (Helicoverpa zea) in flight in Texas. The colonies of these bats that live in Texas eat literal TONS of crop and yard pests-including mosquitoes- EVERY NIGHT!! Image Courtesy: Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation