Nineteen-Day Fast to be the one foretold by the Báb, accepted the fast, but altered many of its details and regulations. The Bahá'í fast resembles fasting practices of several other religions. Lent is a period of fasting for Christians, Yom Kippur and many other holidays for Jews, and the fast of Ramadan is practiced by Muslims. The Bahá'í fasting most resembles the fast of Ramadan, except that the period of fasting is defined as a fixed Bahá'í month, whereas Muslims fast during a lunar month, whose specific Gregorian dates vary from year to year. Bahá'u'lláh established the guidelines of the fast in
Antillean fruit-eating bat two bat-mite species (Labidocarpidae). These bats feed in the canopy of the forest and in the ground. The Antillean fruit-eating bat moves out from the roost synchronically one hour after sunset and 20 minutes after the Jamaican fruit bat ("Artibeus jamaicensis"). This synchronization is also evident when returning to the roosts, which happens just before the break of dawn. Antillean fruit-eating bat The Antillean fruit-eating bat ("Brachyphylla cavernarum") is one of two leaf-nosed bat species belonging to the genus "Brachyphylla". The species occurs in the Caribbean from Puerto Rico to St. Vincent and Barbados. Fossil specimens have also been recorded