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    Handley's nectar bat (Lonchophylla handleyi) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Davalos, L.;...
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    concava Dekeyser's nectar bat (Lonchophylla dekeyseri) Lonchophylla fornicata Handley's nectar bat (Lonchophylla handleyi) Western nectar bat (Lonchophylla...
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    yellow-shouldered bat, great fruit-eating bat, white-lined broad-nosed bat, Pallas's long-tongued bat, Handley's nectar bat, white-bellied big-eared bat, greater...
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    larger animals They were specialized nectar-feeders that evolved to feed on another type of liquid The vampire bat lineage diverged from its family 26 million...
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    tube-lipped nectar bat (Anoura fistulata) is a bat from Ecuador. It was described in 2005. It has a remarkably long tongue, which it uses to drink nectar. It...
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    spectral bat (Vampyrum spectrum), also called the great false vampire bat, great spectral bat, American false vampire bat or Linnaeus's false vampire bat, is...
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  • Thumbnail for Honduran white bat
    The Honduran white bat (Ectophylla alba), also called the Caribbean white tent-making bat, is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomatidae. It is the...
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    The common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) is a small, leaf-nosed bat native to the Americas. It is one of three extant species of vampire bats, the other...
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    long-nosed bat consumes nectar from the same plants as the southern long-nosed bat, the two species utilize different habitats. The greater long-nosed bat prefers...
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    et al. (1993). "Flight speeds and mechanical power outputs of the nectar-feeding bat, Leptonycteris curasoae (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae)". Journal...
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  • Thumbnail for Saussure's long-nosed bat
    Mexican long-nosed bats form the genus Leptonycteris within the leaf-nosed bat family Phyllostomidae. Like all members of the family, they are native to...
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  • Thumbnail for Bokermann's nectar bat
    Bokermann's nectar bat (Lonchophylla bokermanni) is a bat species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil. It feeds on nectar, and is listed as an...
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    Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) is a South and Central American bat with a fast metabolism that feeds on nectar. It has the fastest metabolism...
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  • Thumbnail for Goldman's nectar bat
    Goldman's nectar bat (Lonchophylla mordax) is a bat species found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama. Sampaio, E.; Lim, B.; Peters, S...
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  • Thumbnail for Peracchi's nectar bat
    Peracchi's nectar bat (Lonchophylla peracchii) is a species of nectar-feeding bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It was first described from the Atlantic...
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    from eastern Panama in 1912. In 1966, Handley published that L. concava was a synonym of Goldman's nectar bat (L. mordax); this was maintained until...
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  • Thumbnail for Orange nectar bat
    The orange nectar bat (Lonchophylla robusta) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua...
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  • Thumbnail for Thomas's nectar bat
    Thomas's nectar bat (Hsunycteris thomasi) is a bat species from South and Central America. Thomas's nectar bat pollinates the vine Marcgravia. Solari...
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    large amounts of protein, nectar, pollen, flower pieces and a few insects. The maximum longevity for the Jamaican fruit bat is nine years in the wild...
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  • Thumbnail for Dekeyser's nectar bat
    Dekeyser's nectar bat (Lonchophylla dekeyseri) is a bat species found in Brazil and Bolivia. This species was initially encountered in August 1970 in Brasília...
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    Musonycteris.[citation needed] This bat is also a neotropical nectar-feeding bat (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae). Neotropical nectar-feeding bats comprise approximately...
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    vegetation on St. John. The Antillean fruit-eating bat's varied diet includes fruits, pollen, nectar, and insects. Fruits consumed in the wild include...
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  • Thumbnail for Handley's tailless bat
    Handley's tailless bat (Anoura cultrata) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama...
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    The hairy-legged vampire bat (Diphylla ecaudata) is one of three extant species of vampire bats. It mainly feeds on the blood of wild birds, but can also...
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  • The red fruit bat or red fig-eating bat (Stenoderma rufum) is a species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae, in the monotypic genus Stenoderma. It is found...
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    populations migrate south for the winter. The Mexican long-tongued bat feeds on nectar, pollen from agaves, and fruits from other plants. Its tongue can...
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    variety in feeding habits than any other bat family. Carnivores, frugivores, and bats that specialize on blood or nectar and pollen are all represented in this...
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    Lonchophylla (category Bat genera)
    Lonchophylla fornicata Handley's nectar bat, Lonchophylla handleyi Western nectar bat, Lonchophylla hesperia Unexpected nectar bat, Lonchophylla inexpectata...
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    variety of insects, fruit, nectar, and pollen, though a few will also eat birds, bats, and small mammals, and the three vampire bat species of the subfamily...
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    The greater spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) is a bat species of the family Phyllostomidae from South and Central America. It is one of the larger...
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