Nectar Bat With Insanely Long Tongue Found in Bolivia

The tube-lipped nectar bat, Anoura fistulata, has the longest tongue relative to size of any mammal on the planet. It stretches for 8.5 centimeters (more than 3 inches) – that’s 150% of its body length. The bizarre, record-breaking bat was first described in Ecuador a decade ago and is only known from three records. And now, according to a Wildlife Conservation Society announcement, it’s been found for the first time in Bolivia’s Madidi National Park.

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