leaf-nosed bat


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Noun1.leaf-nosed bat - bat having a leaflike flap at the end of the noseleaf-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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A fifth species, the Trident Leaf-nosed Bat, has a similarly extravagant conk with three fleshy extensions to the top of the noseleaf and a sixth, the Persian Leaf-nosed Bat, may occur here but is not confirmed.
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When scientists first spotted Griffin's leaf-nosed bat in Chu Mom Ray National Park in 2008, the animal was almost mistaken for a known species, the great leaf-nosed bat, said Vu Dinh Thong, of the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology in Hanoi.
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Some bats are named for their color or for something special about them, like the Long-Tongued Fruit Bat, the Old World Leaf-Nosed Bat, the Eastern Red Bat, and the Fishing Bat.
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