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
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.