![a and b, d: dorsal view, c; ventrolateral view of the Egyptian fruit... | Download Scientific Diagram a and b, d: dorsal view, c; ventrolateral view of the Egyptian fruit... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236940242/figure/fig3/AS:667778172330014@1536222131544/a-and-b-d-dorsal-view-c-ventrolateral-view-of-the-Egyptian-fruit-bat-tongue.jpg)
a and b, d: dorsal view, c; ventrolateral view of the Egyptian fruit... | Download Scientific Diagram
![Adorable bat can't resist sticking his tongue out for the camera after taking a cool dip - Mirror Online Adorable bat can't resist sticking his tongue out for the camera after taking a cool dip - Mirror Online](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article10270106.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200c/PROD-SWNS_BAT_TONGUE_01-ed.jpg)
Adorable bat can't resist sticking his tongue out for the camera after taking a cool dip - Mirror Online
Bat Conservation International - The longest tongue (relative to body length) ever reported in a mammal resides largely inside the ribcage of a nectar-eating bat discovered in the “cloud forests” of Ecuador.
![The Tube-Lipped Nectar Bat (Anoura fistulata) has the longest tongue relative to body size of any mammal. Its tongue is 1.5x its body length! : r/BatFacts The Tube-Lipped Nectar Bat (Anoura fistulata) has the longest tongue relative to body size of any mammal. Its tongue is 1.5x its body length! : r/BatFacts](https://external-preview.redd.it/xjH59Sjcbw9tmJ7Ng1FcnEOv56Qm_XuC5V4Leyb7vYQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=669d7892176218176dbad536d0ec86cd6db98950)
The Tube-Lipped Nectar Bat (Anoura fistulata) has the longest tongue relative to body size of any mammal. Its tongue is 1.5x its body length! : r/BatFacts
![Nectar bats have long tongues in order to drink and eat insects and pollen. | Bat species, Mammals, Bat Nectar bats have long tongues in order to drink and eat insects and pollen. | Bat species, Mammals, Bat](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f1/70/dd/f170ddad367f90aa247d8bd25f1bcc2a.jpg)