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Nectar-feeding bats play an essential role in the pollination of many rainforest trees. Here, a Long-tongued Nectar Bat (Macroglossus minimus) arrives at the night-blooming blossoms of a durian tree (Durio zibethinus). Prized for its delectable aromatic fruit, the productivity of many durian plantations is under threat where the native bat populations have been killed off by hunters. Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo).
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Bombacaceae, Borneo, Chiroptera, East Malaysia, Macroglossinae, Macroglossus, Magnoliopsida, Malaysia, Malvaceae, Malvales, Mammalia, Pteropodidae, Sabah, Southeast Asia, Yinpterochiroptera, animal, bat, bloom, camera trap, cauliflorous, cauliflory, fauna, flora, flower, fruit bat, long-tongued fruit bat, long-tongued nectar bat, mammal, megabat, plant, pollinate, pollination, ramiflorous, ramiflory, tropical, wildlife
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- Camera Trapping, Pollination, Borneo, Interactions, Plants, Mammals
