Probably the most common member of the chiroptera family locally is the Commerson's leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros commersoni).
Commerson's leaf-nosed bat or Commerson's roundleaf bat, Hipposideros commersoni
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It was named "Beelzebub" and "demon" because of its coloration and fierce behavior, alluding the use of the term "Beelzebub" as reference to the underworld in Christian texts.
The area is well know among birders because of the variety of hummingbird species (as many as 15) seen in the area as well as the dozens of southwestern specialties such as Apache pine, Chihuahua pine, ridge-nosed rattlesnake, lesser long-nosed bat and elegant trogon.
In the summer of 2004, the beluga Ferdinand and the Commerson's dolphin Yogi, the last animals of their kind in Duisburg, were flown to SeaWorld in San Diego, California, where they are spending their twilight years in species-appropriate tanks with their others of their kind.
The smaller, brown coloured bat Ussuri Tube-nosed Bat is found in Korea, Russia (Far East and Sakhalin), and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima and Yakushima).
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In Japan they are called 'tengu komori', after the mythical creature called the Tengu.
Commerson was delighted to find that his old friend and fellow botanist Pierre Poivre was serving as governor on the island, and Commerson and Baret remained behind as Poivre's guests.
The Mistratoan Yellow-shouldered Bat (Sturnira mistratensis), is a species of leaf-nosed bat indigenous to the western Andes, in the Mistrato municipality in Risaralda, Colombia.