leaf-nosed bat
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of leaf-nosed bat
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Fossils from two closely related families that have been found in Florida predate South American leaf-nosed bat fossils and those of their relatives by 10 million years.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024
In an article published by the Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Morgan and his colleagues describe the oldest-known leaf-nosed bat fossils, which were found along the banks of the Panama Canal.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024
The leaf-nosed bat is the second South American mammal found at the site.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2024
They published their findings, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature designated the Kolar leaf-nosed bat “critically endangered.”
From Scientific American • Sep. 22, 2021
One of my mules, on which a leaf-nosed bat made a nightly attack, was only saved by having his back rubbed with an ointment made of spirits of camphor, soap and petroleum.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina
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