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Common Asian Ghost Bat




Common Asian Ghost Bat
©2002 (Photograph by P. Heideman)

The common Asian ghost bat is one of 48 species of insect-eating bats in the Philippines but is the only one that also eats frogs and lizards. Katydids are among their usual prey.




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