Macroglossus
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Genus of bats
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| Macroglossus | |
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| Long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macroglossinae |
| Genus: | Macroglossus F. Cuvier, 1824 |
| Type species | |
| Pteropus minimus Geoffroy, 1810
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| Species | |
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Macroglossus (nectar bat) is a genus of megabats (family Pteropodidae)[1] found in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. It has two species:
- Long-tongued nectar bat, Macroglossus minimus
- Long-tongued fruit bat, Macroglossus sobrinus
References
[edit]- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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