Long-nosed bats, long-tongued bats, tailless bats, and relatives

Long-nosed bats, long-tongued bats, tailless bats, and relatives

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Phyllostomidae
Subfamily : Glossophaginae

Facts about the subfamily Glossophaginae, the long-nosed bats, long-tongued bats, tailless bats, and relatives

The Glossophaginae is made up of nectar feeders, bats with remarkable adaptations of tongue and rostrum for extracting nectar and pollen. (Full text)

(Phyllostomidae-Glossophaginae) is the only endemic bat species of the Cerrado, where it lives in caves in dry forests associated with calcareous outcrops. (Full text)