leaf-nosed bat

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leaf-nosed bat - bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the nose; especially of the families Phyllostomatidae and Rhinolophidae and Hipposideridae

leafnose bat

carnivorous bat, microbat - typically having large ears and feeding primarily on insects; worldwide in distribution

macrotus, Macrotus californicus - large-eared greyish bat of southern California and northwestern Mexico

spearnose bat - New World bat with a pointed nose leaf; found from southern United States to Paraguay

Phyllostomus hastatus - a variety of leaf-nosed bat

Choeronycteris mexicana, hognose bat - small-eared Mexican bat with a long slender nose

horseshoe bat - a bat of the family Rhinolophidae having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose

horseshoe bat - any of numerous bats of the family Hipposideridae of northwest Africa or Philippines or Australia having a horseshoe-shaped leaf on the nose

orange bat, orange horseshoe bat, Rhinonicteris aurantius - a common bat of northwestern Australia having orange or yellow fur

false vampire, false vampire bat - any New or Old World carnivorous bat erroneously thought to suck blood but in fact feeding on insects

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carnivorous bat Choeronycteris mexicana false vampire false vampire bat hognose bat horseshoe bat leafnose bat macrotus Macrotus californicus microbat Microchiroptera orange bat orange horseshoe bat Phyllostomus hastatus Rhinolophidae Rhinonicteris aurantius spearnose bat suborder Microchiroptera	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	Leaf sewer leaf shape leaf sheath leaf sight leaf soil leaf spot leaf spring Leaf tier leaf trace Leaf valve leaf vegetables Leaf wasp leaf-book leaf-climber leaf-cutter leaf-cutter bee leaf-cutting bee leaf-foot bug Leaf-footed leaf-footed bug leaf-hopper leaf-lard leaf-like leaf-miner Leaf-nosed leaf-nosed bat leaf-nosed snake leaf-roller leafage Leafcup leafcutter ant leafcutter bee leafed Leafet leafhopper Leafiness leafing leafless Leafless plants leaflet leafleting leaflike leafnose bat leafroller leafstalk leafy leafy liverwort leafy spurge leafy vegetable leafy-stemmed league	leaf-book leaf-climber leaf-cutter Leaf-cutter ant Leaf-cutter ants leaf-cutter bee leaf-cutter bee Leaf-cutting ant leaf-cutting bee leaf-cutting bee Leaf-eater Leaf-eating Leaf-flower leaf-foot bug Leaf-footed leaf-footed bug leaf-footed bug leaf-green Leaf-hopper Leaf-hopper leaf-lard leaf-like leaf-like leaf-like leaf-miner leaf-miner Leaf-mold Leaf-mold Leaf-nosed Leaf-nosed leaf-nosed bat Leaf-nosed bats Leaf-nosed bats leaf-nosed snake leaf-roller Leaf-rolling sawfly Leaf-Rolling Weevil Leaf-spring Leaf-spring Leaf-spring suspension Leaf-spring suspension Leaf-sprung Leaf-sprung Leaf-warbler Leaf-warbler Leafminer Leafminer leafage leafage leafage leafages leafages leafages Leafcull Leafcup Leafcutter ant Leafcutter Ants Leafcutter bee Leafcutter bee leafcutter bees Leafcutting Bee

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carnivorous bat
Choeronycteris mexicana
false vampire
false vampire bat
hognose bat
horseshoe bat
leafnose bat
macrotus
Macrotus californicus
microbat
Microchiroptera
orange bat
orange horseshoe bat
Phyllostomus hastatus
Rhinolophidae
Rhinonicteris aurantius
spearnose bat
suborder Microchiroptera

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