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"Greater long nosed bats" remain in caves during the day, roosting in large groups called colonies. They are strong flyers, able to hover like hummingbirds; coming out at night to feed on nectar and pollen in flowers of desert plants such as agaves. Long noses and tongues allow for efficient nectar feeding; as well, they help the plants reproduce by spreading their pollen. migrating during the bloom periods of food plants between Big Bend and southern Mexico.

Often mistaken for vampire bats, they are killed; this lead to placing them on the endangered species list them endangered in 1988; as well agave plants are cleared for pasture and harvested to make liquor, thus reducing their feeding grounds.

Their life span is at least 10 years; feeding on flower nectar and pollen from agave plants in Trans-Pecos, Texas and Mexico; measuring about 3 to 4 inches in length, they usually reproduce 1 baby per year and their population ranges from 0 to 5,000 in recent years at Big Bend National Park.

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