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Leaf-Nosed Bat

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Leaf-Nosed Bat 

any one mammal of the family Phyllostomatidae of the suborder Microchiroptera. At the end of the muzzle there is a vertical, sharpened leathery appendage (nose-leaf), which is sometimes very complex in form. There are seven subfamilies, comprising 49 genera, found in the tropics and subtropics of America. Some of these bats are insectivorous; the members of some subfamilies feed on fruit pulp, nectar, and pollen. The vampire bats of the genus Vampyrum feed on both insects and fruits; the large Javelin bats of the genus Phyllostomus prey on small vertebrates.
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Keywords: Artibeus jamaicensis, behavior, circadian activity, echolocation ********** Jamaican fruit bats (Phyllostomidae: Artibeus jamaicensis) are leaf-nosed bats whose native range includes Brazil, the Bahamas, Antilles, Trinidad, Tobago, Key West, and from central Mexico south to Bolivia.
Activity patterns in a captive colony of Jamaican fruit bats, ... by Tung, Jennifer J.; Francl, Karen E. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
uk Vietnam Leaf-Nosed Bat THE only specimen of this bat was discovered in a very small area of forest which is now being cleared - and the species has not been sighted in 60 years.
DEATH ROW; Man has made the Yangtze River Dolphin extinct .. many ... by The Mirror (London, England)
Some bats are named for their color or for something special about them, like the Long-Tongued Fruit Bat, the Old World Leaf-Nosed Bat, the Eastern Red Bat, and the Fishing Bat.
Bats by Science Weekly
 
 
 
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