![The tube lipped nectar bat is only about the size of a mouse but it's tongue is nearly 9cm long making it the longest tongue to body size of any mammal with The tube lipped nectar bat is only about the size of a mouse but it's tongue is nearly 9cm long making it the longest tongue to body size of any mammal with](https://i.redd.it/grksuutdkma61.jpg)
The tube lipped nectar bat is only about the size of a mouse but it's tongue is nearly 9cm long making it the longest tongue to body size of any mammal with
Bat Conservation International - The longest tongue (relative to body length) ever reported in a mammal resides largely inside the ribcage of a nectar-eating bat discovered in the “cloud forests” of Ecuador.
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