Ipanema bat

The Ipanema bat (Pygoderma bilabiatum) is a bat of the order Chiroptera and family Phyllostomidae, and the only species in its genus. It is found in northern Argentina, Bolivia, southeastern Brazil and Paraguay, preferring tropical, subtropical and secondary forests and only occasionally entering coastal shrublands. It is a medium-sized brown bat with white-furred shoulders, a large nose, no tail and roundish ears with a small tragus; females tend to be larger than males, and males have larger glands under the jaw and around the eyes as well as forelimb swellings. It is frugivorous, specialising in very ripe, fleshy fruit with few seeds, including the fruits of Lucuma caimito, Miconia brasiliensis and Ficus enormis, and some may also feed on nectar. It usually breeds in fall or winter, females carry one fetus at a time, and migration is thought to follow rainfall and temperature, with males lingering at lower elevations and females living at intermediate and high elevations.