@EveryBat

Posted every bat species on Earth, now going through them all again! Bat facts & pics. Mostly accurate, random bat order

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Anoura caudifer or the tailed tailless bat (that is really its name) has an unusually high metabolic rate, & must spend at least 4 hours a night feeding. (Photo Arthur Tahara)
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Peterson's long-fingered bat (Miniopterus petersoni) from southeastern Madagascar. (Photo Goodman et al. 2008)
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Seba's short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata) is a common bat species from Latin America. (Photo Marco Mello)
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The dwarf dog-faced bat (Molossops temminckii) is native to South America. (Photos fauna paraguay)
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The big-eared brown bat (Histiotus macrotus) is native to Argentina and Chile. (Photo Pablo Caceres Contreras)
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The dusky pipistrelle (Pipistrellus hesperidus) is a small bat from Africa. (Photo B. Stanley)
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The Duke of Abruzzi's free-tailed bat (Chaerephon aloysiisabaudiae) from Africa. (Photo Jakob Fahr)
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The cyclops roundleaf bat, or cyclops leaf-nosed bat (Hipposideros cyclops) can be found in the forests of equatorial Africa. (Photo KD Dijkstra)
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The ashy-gray tube-nosed bat (Murina cineracea) from Asia. (Photo NM Furey)
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The black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops) from Papua New Guinea. (Credit Joseph Smit)
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