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Long-tongued Fruit Bats
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Long-tongued Fruit Bats

Macroglossus

Macroglossus (nectar bat) is a genus of megabats (family Pteropodidae) found in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. It has two species:

Long-tongued nectar bat, Macroglossus minimus

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 2 known species

Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat

speciesMacroglossus minimus

Greater Long-tongued Fruit Bat

speciesMacroglossus sobrinus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40944.