Six new tube-nosed bats described from the Philippines

Mongabay
Oct 31, 2025, 10:49 am475 ptsHotTop
Researchers have recently described six new-to-science species of tube-nosed bats from the Philippines, named after their unique nostrils that protrude from the snout. All the specimens were collected from either primary or secondary forests, currently threatened by mining and shifting agriculture, the authors…

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