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Animals | February 10, 2023 1:41 PM | hangbony

White bats from Honduras are captured in the Costa Rican rain forest

Have you ever seen white bats that are not albinos? They were just born with white fur and skin, like other bats of their species. Some people may think that these unique creatures don’t exist in nature. But they do.

The Honduran white bats are worth introducing. Supreet Sahoo, a professional bird photographer, spotted these bats in the Costa Rica rainforest and caught them on his camera.
White bats are also known as Caribbean white tent-making bats and cotton ball bats.They are very small. Believe me, the images you see are the largest these bats ever reach. The size of males and females doesn’t vary much.

Honduran white bats can be found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. They are very difficult to spot and are now listed as “near threatened” on the IUCN list.
Supreet has that luck—a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He found these cuties while walking through a rainforest in Costa Rica during one of his photo walks.