The Alberta Badlands are "BATlands"! Check out this beautiful new video clip about the secrets they hold & how this area of Alberta is so important for #AlbertaBats

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Peale's free-tailed bat (Nyctinomops aurispinosus) is a bat species
From the coastal area of Peru. Note the little spikes in the ears.
This is a insectivore and fast flying free-tailed species adapted to the travel of long distances in the open desert and high altitudes.

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Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) from Laguna La Bruja in Madriz department, northern Nicaragua.
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Bonda mastiff bat or Thomas's mastiff bat (Molossus currentium [bondae])
The individual photograph has a slightly atypical bright coloration for this species.

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