The banana bat, Musonycteris harrisoni, also called the trumpet-nosed bat or Colima long-nosed bat, is an endangered nectar-feeding bat of the family Phyllostomidae, endemic to Mexico. It lives mainly in the states of Colima, Michoacán and Guerrero and has one of the smallest ranges of any phyllostomid bat, about 20,000 square kilometres, in subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The first specimen was found in a banana grove. It is a medium-sized bat of about 11 to 13 grams with grayish-brown fur and an extremely long rostrum that makes up about half of the skull. Its hair scales spread at an angle and hold extra pollen, which the bat eats as a source of nitrogen, and it serves as a pollinator of Cleome grandiflora. Habitat loss threatens it, and it appears to breed once a year in the dry season.
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Musonycteris harrisoni is endemic to Mexico.
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is an endangered species of bat in the family Phyllostomidae
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Banana bats are nectarivores.
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M. harrisoni serves as a pollinator for C. grandiflora.
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Musonycteris harrisoni is endemic to Mexico.
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