wrinkle-faced bat
Centurio senex
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyPhyllostomidae (New World Leaf-nosed Bats)
- GenusCenturio
- SpeciesCenturio senex (wrinkle-faced bat)
<5% of wildlife watchers report a wrinkle-faced bat sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
Vampire Bat
Desmodus rotundus
Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus jamaicensis
Greater Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus vittatus
Great Fruit-eating Bat
Artibeus lituratus
Toltec Fruit Eating Bat
Artibeus toltecus
White Bat
Ectophylla alba
Pallas's Long-tongued Bat
Glossophaga soricina
Underwood's long-tongued bat
Hylonycteris underwoodi
Heller's Broad-nosed Bat
Platyrrhinus helleri
Geoffroy's tailless bat
Anoura geoffroyi
Common tent-making Bat
Uroderma bilobatum
chestnut short-tailed bat
Carollia castanea
📅 Monthly Probability
🌙 When They're Spotted
Most active during nighttime hours (6pm–6am) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Celaque National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Main Ridge Forest Reserve | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 5 | Braulio Carrillo National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 6 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 7 | Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a wrinkle-faced bat in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
About 4% of wildlife watchers report a wrinkle-faced bat sighting in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, based on 5 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see wrinkle-faced bat in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve?
May has the highest sighting rate for wrinkle-faced bat in Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in our monthly data.