Ramadan illness, pregnancy, and breastfeeding. However, many Muslims with medical conditions insist on fasting to satisfy their spiritual needs, although it is not recommended by the hadith. Professionals should closely monitor such individuals who decide to persist with fasting. Those who were unable to fast still must make up the days missed later. Each day, before dawn, Muslims observe a pre-fast meal called the suhur. After stopping a short time before dawn, Muslims begin the first prayer of the day, Fajr. At sunset, families hasten for the fast-breaking meal known as iftar. Dates are usually the first food to break the
Bogota fruit-eating bat Bogota fruit-eating bat The Bogota fruit-eating bat ("Dermanura bogotensis") is a species of bat found in South America. This bat was described in 1906 by Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen. He described it as a subspecies of the Gervais's fruit-eating bat, "A. cinereus". The holotype had been collected near Bogotá, Colombia, undoubtedly inspiring the species name ""bogotensis"." Later, beginning in 1987, the taxon was considered a subspecies of the silver fruit-eating bat, "A. glaucus". In 2008, researchers proposed that the Bogota fruit-eating bat should be elevated to species rank. It has pale brown fur and distinct white stripes on its face.