Sturnira hondurensis

Sturnira hondurensis is a bat of Central America in the genus Sturnira. George Goodwin described it in 1940, probably choosing the species name, which is Latin for belonging to Honduras, because the holotype was collected near San Jose, Honduras. It has sometimes been treated as a subspecies of the highland yellow-shouldered bat, Sturnira ludovici, but a 2010 study showed that although the two are closely related it is distinct enough to be its own species, and it has been considered distinct since then. Its tragi are long and sickle-shaped. It is nocturnal, foraging at night and sleeping by day, and it roosts in sheltered places such as trees, including the American sweetgum, Quercus sartorii, the Jamaican nettletree and the elephant-ear tree. It is frugivorous and mostly eats fruit from the nightshade family, Solanaceae. It is currently evaluated as least concern by the IUCN.