Pictures and facts about the Long-nosed bats, long-tongued bats, tailless bats, and relatives

tailed tailless bat	Godman's long-tailed bat
Mexican long-tongued bat	Commissaris's long-tongued bat
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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)