Jill's Pick from Around the World: More rare species found in Papua New Guinea
Tube-nosed bat
Photo credit: nationalgeographic.com
From National Geographic: This tube-nosed fruit bat is just one of the roughly 200 species encountered during two scientific expeditions to Papua New Guinea in 2009—including a katydid that "aims for the eyes" and a frog that does a mean cricket impression, Conservation International announced late Tuesday.
Though seen on previous expeditions, the bat has yet to be formally documented as a new species, or even named. Like other fruit bats, though, it disperses seeds from the fruit in its diet, perhaps making the flying mammal crucial to its tropical rain forest ecosystem.
Though seen on previous expeditions, the bat has yet to be formally documented as a new species, or even named. Like other fruit bats, though, it disperses seeds from the fruit in its diet, perhaps making the flying mammal crucial to its tropical rain forest ecosystem.
To view previous Jill's Pick from Around the World stories follow these links:
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- 9/21/10: Rare antelope-like mammal caught in Asia
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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 10/12/2010 10:00 AM 
Categories: Bats, Jill's Pick from Around the World
Tags: conservation international frog papua new guinea tube nosed fruit bat katydid
Categories: Bats, Jill's Pick from Around the World
Tags: conservation international frog papua new guinea tube nosed fruit bat katydid
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