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Tube-lipped nectar bats


  • When this heading is assigned the second subject heading [Bats] is also assigned, e.g., 1. Tube-lipped nectar bats. 2. Bats.

  • URI(s)

  • Variants

    • Anoura fistulata
    • Nectar bats, Tube-lipped
    • Tailless bats, Tube-lipped
    • Tube-lipped nectar bat
    • Tube-lipped tailless bats

  • Broader Terms

  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Tube-lipped nectar bat

  • Sources

    • found: Work cat: McMillan, Gordon. Bat's moonlight feast, 2021:ECIP galley (With a protruding, funnel-shaped bottom lip and appetite for nectar, it is easy to see where the tubelipped nectar bat gets its name. First discovered in 2005 among the cloud forests of Ecuador, it was also discovered that the tube-lipped nectar bat is the only known pollinator of a pale, bell-shaped flower called Centropogon nigricans.) (DLC)2021019232
    • found: National Geographic Kids online, viewed May 7, 2021(Common name: Tube-Lipped Nectar Bat; Scientific name: Anoura fistulata)
    • found: ITIS, viewed January 31, 2022(Anoura fistulata; Taxonomic rank: Common names: Tube-lipped nectar bat, Tube-lipped tailless bat; Kingdom: Animalia; Phylum: Chordata; Class: Mammalia; Order: Chiroptera; Family: Phyllostomidae; Genus: Anoura)

  • LC Classification

    • QL737.C57

  • General Notes

    • When this heading is assigned the second subject heading [Bats] is also assigned, e.g., 1. Tube-lipped nectar bats. 2. Bats.

  • History Notes

    • [Heading changed from Tube-lipped nectar bat to Tube-lipped nectar bats in April 2022.]

  • Instance Of

  • Scheme Membership(s)

  • Collection Membership(s)

  • Change Notes

    • 2021-05-28: new
    • 2022-11-03: revised

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