Leaf-Nosed Bat

“Glossophaga nigra. GLOSSOPHAGA. A genus of South American phyllostomine bats. These bats are provided with a very long, slender, extensile tongue, brushy at the end ... the tongue being used to lick out the soft pulp of fruits.” -Whitney, 1911

Keywords

leaf-nosed bat, Glossophaga nigra, South American bat, phyllostomine, frugivorous

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Bats, Mammals: B

Source

William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)

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