Pallas's Long-tongued Bat
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| Glossophaga soricina Pallas, 1766 |
The 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]
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- ^ C.C. Voigt & J.R. Speakman (2007). "Nectar-feeding bats fuel their high metabolism directly with exogenous carbohydrates". Funct. Ecol. OnlineEarly Articles. doi:.
