Mammals of the WorldGreater Long-tongued Blossom Bat
Macroglossus sobrinus
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Macroglossus
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- India|China|Vietnam|Myanmar|Laos|Cambodia|Thailand|Malaysia|Indonesia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Greater Long-nosed Blossom Bat|Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat|Greater Long-tongued Fruit Bat|Greater Nectar Bat|Hill Long-tongued Blossom Bat|Hill Long-tongued Fruit Bat
About this species
- Size
- Forearm 42–48.5mm
- Weight
- 18–26g
- Diet
- Nectar, almost exclusively from banana flowers
- Habitat
- Roosts in trees, singly or in small, well-spaced parties
- Range
- India, China, Southeast Asia and Indonesia
The long-tongued fruit bat is a nectar-feeding fruit bat, a relatively large species of its group with a longer snout. The forearm is 42–48.5 mm long and it weighs 18–26 g. It is found in several countries in South and Southeast Asia, including India, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (Wikipedia, general species account).
It feeds on nectar almost exclusively from banana flowers. It is nocturnal, foraging at night and roosting during the day in trees, singly or in small, well-spaced parties. The cached account gives no breeding information (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of India guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)