Buffy flower bat

The buffy flower bat (Erophylla sezekorni) is a species of bat in the leaf-nosed bat family, Phyllostomidae, found in the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Cuba and Jamaica. It is a medium-sized bat, though larger than most in its genus, with two-coloured fur that is white near the body and brown at the tips, short white hairs on the head and face, and a long snout that rises sharply into the forehead; its name refers to its flower-shaped nose. Unusually for the genus, similar numbers of males and females roost together. Mating takes place in December, when some males display from the ceiling of the roost by flapping their wings and flying tight loops, and displaying males father more young than those that do not. After a gestation of four to six months, a single pup is born in June and nursed until the end of August. The diet is a combination of nectar, fruit and insects, with fruit dominating; the insects are mainly beetles, plus flies, bees and moths. Nocturnal owls and climbing snakes are likely predators, and a mite, Periglischrus cubanus, lives on its wing membranes.