单词 | kitti's hog-nosed bat |
释义 | > as lemmasKitti's hog-nosed bat hog-nosed bat n. (a) U.S. the Mexican long-tongued bat, Choeronycteris mexicana (family Phyllostomidae), a nectarivorous bat found from California to Venezuela; (b) (in full Kitti's hog-nosed bat) a tiny insectivorous bat, Craseonycteris thonglongyai (family Craseonycteridae), found only in Thailand, which is the smallest known mammal. ΚΠ 1954 Public Health Rep. (U.S. Public Health Service) 69 28/1 Another leaf-nosed bat resembling the long-nosed bat is the hog-nosed bat (Choeronycteris mexicana). 1977 New Scientist 20 Jan. 154/2 Kitti's hog-nosed bat, discovered in Thailand in 1973, and weighing 2.5 grammes, has displaced Savi's white-toothed pygmy shrew as the smallest living mammal. 1981 Mammalian Species No. 160. 1/2 The muzzle [of Craseonycteris thonglongyai]..is rather ‘suiform’ in appearance; hence the common name ‘hog-nosed bat’. 1997 Conservation Biol. 11 96/2 The long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris nivalis and L. curasoae) and the hog-nosed bat (Choeronycteris mexicana)..have comparatively large distributional ranges. 2003 Ecologist May 6/3 The Kitti's Hog-nosed bat and the Regal Crab are also found in Kanjanaburi province in Thailand. < as lemmas |
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