Pallas's long-tongued bat
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| Species: | G. soricina
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| Glossophaga soricina Pallas, 1766
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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
- ^ "Infonatura".
- ^ 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.
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Glossophaga soricina. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 26 October 2008.
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