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* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9277 ''Glossophaga soricina'']. [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.] Downloaded on 26 October 2008.
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[[Category:Bats of South America]]
[[Category:Bats of South America]]

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Pallas's Long-tongued Bat
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G. soricina
Binomial name
Glossophaga soricina
Pallas, 1766

Pallas's Long-tongued Bat, Glossophaga soricina, is a South and Central American bat.[1] It has the fastest metabolism ever recorded in a mammal, similar to those of hummingbirds. Although it uses 50% of its stored fat over the course of a day, over 80% of its energy comes directly from the simple sugars that compose its diet of nectar, without being stored in any form.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Infonatura".
  2. ^ C.C. Voigt & J.R. Speakman (2007). "Nectar-feeding bats fuel their high metabolism directly with exogenous carbohydrates". Funct. Ecol. OnlineEarly Articles: 913. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01321.x.