kitti's+hognosed+bat


 * Animals Common name: kitty's hognosed bat
 * Animals Scientific name: Craseonycteris Thonglongya

The kitty's hognosed bat is found in woodlands with caves and rivers.They inhabit teak forests and small caves in sai yoke national park in Thailand. Kitty's hog nosed bats can weighs only 0.29 grams the same weigh as a dime! It measures 2.9cm to 3.3cm long. Its huge eyes are hidden by fur.The muzzle is short and pig like with wide crescent nostrils.The fur can be brown, reddish or gray, bellies can be lighter or pale.They have a short thumb. Wings are dark and large made for hovering flight. The kitty's hog nosed bat eats on small flies, parasitic wasps, bark lice, and other small insects. These bats hunt by night to avoid predators and find insects by echolocation. The bats give birth to live young. This animal is an unknown relationship to the people,but are protected by natives in Thailand.
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 * Kittis hognosed bat,microsoft ® Encarta ® online encyclopedia 2007 http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2007 microsoft corpation all rights reseved.
 * Sara Lovett,minibat,santafe ,New Mexico