Pollination

lesser long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

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lesser long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae

Lesser long-nosed bats (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) pollinating Agave palmeri in Arizona. Bats are the primary pollinators of roughly 200 species of agave and cactus plants, from the southwestern U.S. to the Andes Mountains of South America and many Caribbean Islands. Pollination

1986 Arizona Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation North America Palmer's century plant Agave palmeri Phyllostomidae Rickett'bat bat conservation cute endangered species lesser longnosed bat Leptonycteris yerbabuenae mammal photography pollinating pollinating Agave species pollination

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Pollination