Golden bat

The golden bat, Mimon bennettii, is a medium-sized leaf-nosed bat of the family Phyllostomidae that lives in tropical South America, with records from Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela. Adults weigh roughly 19 to 25 grams and have long, woolly fur that looks warm cinnamon-brown to almost reddish, very large broad ears and a long noseleaf with smooth edges. It is found in mature evergreen forest, in dry and semideciduous forest and in cerrado, and it roosts in hollow trees and caves, sometimes sharing a roost with several other bat species. Colonies are small, usually fewer than ten bats. It is thought to glean insects such as beetles and katydids from foliage. The species was long lumped with the Cozumelan golden bat of Central America, but the two are now generally treated as separate species. The IUCN Red List classes it as Least Concern.