Long-tongued fruit bat
| Long-tongued fruit bat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Macroglossinae |
| Genus: | Macroglossus |
| Species: | M. sobrinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Macroglossus sobrinus K. Andersen, 1911 | |
| Long-tongued fruit bat range | |
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The long-tongued fruit bat (Macroglossus sobrinus) is a species of megabat. It is nectarivorous, feeding on nectar from primarily banana flowers. It is found in several countries in South and Southeast Asia.