Nectar bat stows huge tongue in its rib cage

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7120, 2006, Pages 701-702

  Muchhala, Nathan ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; NECTAR;

ANGIOSPERM; ANOURA FISTULATA; ARTICLE; BAT; BODY HEIGHT; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; INSECT; MANDIBLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECTAR; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PALATE; POLLINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX; TONGUE;

EID: 33845665252     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/444701a     Document Type: Article

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