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Greater short-nosed fruit bat
Cynopterus sphinx
13.6088, 99.7173
Field Notes
Description:
Greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) pollinating wild banana in Thailand.
Wild banana plants, the source of all commercial varieties, require bats like this short-nosed fruit bat for pollination. These plants are invaluable sources of genetic material needed to improve cultivated varieties.
Notes:
Wild banana plants, the source of all commercial varieties, require bats like this short-nosed fruit bat for pollination. These plants are invaluable sources of genetic material needed to improve cultivated varieties.
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