Tube-lipped nectar bat. | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Phyllostomidae |
Genus: | Anoura |
Species: | A. fistulata
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Binomial name | |
Anoura fistulata Muchhala, Mena-Valenzuela & Albuja, 2005
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The tube-lipped nectar bat (Anoura fistulata) is a bat from Ecuador. It was described in 2005. It has a remarkably long tongue, which it uses to drink nectar. It additionally consumes pollen and insects.