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Miller's long-tongued bat

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Miller's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga longirostris) is a small nectar-feeding bat that lives in northern South America and on several islands of the southern Caribbean, from Colombia and Venezuela east to Guyana and Brazil. It was described as a new species in 1898 by the American zoologist Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. from a specimen collected in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia, and six or seven subspecies are usually recognized. Unlike other bats of its genus its braincase is about as long as its snout. Males average about 13.3 grams and non-pregnant females about 12.8 grams. It feeds mainly on nectar, pollen and fruit, with cactus blossoms an important food source, and it roosts in caves, culverts, tunnels, hollow trees, rock crevices and buildings. Two breeding seasons occur each year, from December to April and from June to October, and the litter is a single pup.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
Diet
Nectarivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Pollinator 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Phyllostomidae, Taxa
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Glossophaga longirostris (Animal Diversity Web)

In Biome

Grassland, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Glossophaga longirostris (Animal Diversity Web)
Savanna, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Glossophaga longirostris (Animal Diversity Web)
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Found In

Brazil

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Source Miller's long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
Miller's long-tongued bat is found in the following countries and territories: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Brazil, and Ecuador.
Colombia

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Source Miller's long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
Miller's long-tongued bat is found in the following countries and territories: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Brazil, and Ecuador.
Ecuador

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Miller's long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
Miller's long-tongued bat is found in the following countries and territories: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Brazil, and Ecuador.
Guyana

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Miller's long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
Miller's long-tongued bat is found in the following countries and territories: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Brazil, and Ecuador.
Trinidad and Tobago

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Miller's long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
Miller's long-tongued bat is found in the following countries and territories: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Brazil, and Ecuador.
Venezuela

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Miller's long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)Range and habitat
Quote, Range and habitat
Miller's long-tongued bat is found in the following countries and territories: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Brazil, and Ecuador.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Glossophaga longirostris (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Food Habits, fruit
    mainly feeds on fruit, pollen, and nectar
  • Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes
    Terrestrial Biomes
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
    Miller's long-tongued bat is very important in the pollination and seed dispersal of the plant species on which it feeds
  • Conservation Status, CITES
    No special status
  • In Biome: Grassland, Habitat, Terrestrial Biomes, grassland
    savanna or grassland
  • Child Taxon Of: Phyllostomidae, Classification
    Family Phyllostomidae New World leaf-nosed bats
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2. Miller's long-tongued bat (Wikipedia)
  • Biology
    Miller's long-tongued bat is nectarivorous, with cacti blossoms as an important food source.
  • Range and habitat
    Miller's long-tongued bat is found in the following countries and territories: Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, the Netherlands Antilles, Guyana, Brazil, and Ecuador.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    Miller's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga longirostris) is a bat species
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