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Puerto del Triunfo
Dec, 25, 1925 - Jan, 25, 1926
Vampire Bat
Of these specimens Nos. 10988, 10989, 10990 &
[illegible] 10991 were alive when I got back
to camp although they were badly
shot up. After the first two shots
I fired three more into the cavity
with no result. I could hear more
bats in the hollow but they had
apparently worked up around the
curve where the shot could not
reach them. On the following
day I succeeded in dislodging
only two, Nos. 10995 & 10996, but could
hear more. All specimens thus
far taken I recorded in my serial
as Red Vampires. On the following
morning, after I had killed the two,
I discharged my 16ga. shotgun in
the cavity and brought down another
Red Vampire No. 11002 and a Grizzley Bat
(gray phase) No. 11003. The stomachs of all
specimens taken contained dark
sticky semidigested blood. While hunting
at night in the dense jungle I
frequently saw large bats fly into
the ray of my light, they were probably
this species or some other equally
as large.