It is classified as a leaf-nosed bat but does not have a leaf nose.
The obstetrician remarked that he looked "more like a leaf-nosed bat than a baby," another truth.
A leaf-nosed bat in a glass box costs $325; a full human skeleton with anatomical painting on one side sells for $5,200.
It is a neotropical leaf-nosed bat (a member of the family Phyllostomidae).
It is able to generate the largest biting force, relative to its size of any of the leaf-nosed bats.
On a new genus and species of leaf-nosed bats in the museum at Fort Pitt.
On many occasions leaf-nosed bats roost in tunnels less than 20 feet deep and fairly brightly lit.
The striped leaf-nosed bat can be found primarily in East and Southern Africa.
Anoura is a genus of leaf-nosed bats from Central and South America.
"Before, people thought that leaf-nosed bats were the dominant species because they were the ones getting caught in the nets," says Mr. Miller.