leaf-nosed bat

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Related to Leafnosed bat: Phyllostomidae, Phyllostomid, Spectral 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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Lim consults a fieldguide to mammals of Borneo (a rare occurrence) as Tom Horsley describes some of the features of the leafnosed bat he is holding--such as the number of flaps of skin on the side of its face, which differentiates several similar-looking species in this genus.

They only come out at night: the Royal Ontario Museum has partnered with students to research the only mammals that can truly fly

(the) great leafnosed bat, reacts very angrily," he said.

Prehistoric elephant tracks reveal early heard behaviour

The bats here tonight are leafnosed bats, the largest and most diverse group of bats in the Americas.