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
Pygmy fruit-eating bat usually have a white edge. They are very small mammals and they have a small body size of about 51-60mm and a weight between 8 and 15 grams. "D. phaeotis " is nocturnal and they modify leaves to form roosts for the daytime. They make ‘tents’ by modifying banana or palm leaves and take refuge underneath them. The reproductive pattern of "D. phaeotis" is characterized as seasonal. They are known to have a gestation period of 112–120 days that can be stretched longer due to dormancy. Pygmy fruit-eating bat The pygmy fruit-eating bat ("Dermanura phaeotis") is a bat of the