A New Bat Species With an Unusual Face

Posted by NG Kids in News Bites on February 27, 2012
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What’s wrong with this bat’s face? Nothing at all! This is a Griffin’s leaf-nosed bat. It was first seen in Vietnam’s Chu Mom Ray National Park in 2008, but has only recently been confirmed as a new species. Scientists think that the leaf-like features on the bat’s face may help them with echolocation.

Read more about this new bat on National Geographic News.

Get the facts on vampire bats on National Geographic Kids.

Photograph courtesy Vu Dinh Thong

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Comments

  1. aralas_29
    February 27, 2012, 7:38 pm

    no offense, bats, that kinda looks weird….

  2. barnowl24601
    April 3, 2012, 7:05 pm

    I don’t think it looks weird…
    what if we all had funny faces like that!?
    If I was the bat… I would find that quite useful!

    Barnowl24601:)

  3. baslow
    April 5, 2012, 2:00 am

    i don’t find its face funny it looks kinder cute!

    the bat would find that offensive aralas_29

  4. gummybears
    February 18, 12:08 pm

    that makes me want to puke. that kinda cool.

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