| Long-tongued nectar bat | |
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| Pregnant individual in the Philippines | |
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| in the Philippines | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Macroglossus |
| Species: | M. minimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Macroglossus minimus (É. Geoffroy, 1810)
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| Geographic range of M. minimus | |
The long-tongued nectar bat (Macroglossus minimus), also known as the northern blossom bat, honey nectar bat,[2] least blossom-bat,[3] dagger-toothed long-nosed fruit bat,[1] and lesser long-tongued fruit bat,[1] is a species of megabat. M. minimus is one of the smallest species in the family Pteropodidae, with an average length of 60–85 mm. It has a reddish-brown colouring with relatively long hair compared to the other species. The hair on the abdomen is a lighter colour, and a dark brown stripe runs bilaterally down the top of the head and back.
- ^ a b c Waldien, D.L.; Dancy, J.; Wortham, G.; Santiago, K. (2021). "Macroglossus minimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T12594A22027337. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T12594A22027337.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Bartels, W; Law, BS; Geiser, F (April 1998). "Daily torpor and energetics in a tropical mammal, the northern blossom-bat Macroglossus minimus (Megachiroptera)". Journal of Comparative Physiology B. 168 (3): 233–239. doi:10.1007/s003600050141. PMID 9591364. S2CID 16870476.
- ^ Winkelmann, John R.; Bonaccorso, Frank J.; Goedeke, Elizabeth E.; Ballock, Laura J.; Ballock (May 2003). "Home Range and Territoriality in the Least Blossom Bat, Macroglossus minimus, in Papua New Guinea". Journal of Mammalogy. 84 (2). American Society of Mammalogists: 561–70. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0561:hratit>2.0.co;2. JSTOR 1383902.