Nectar feeding bat, the endangered Lesser Long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris yerbabuenae, feeding on nectar at night, in Arizona.

• Contributor: Janice and Nolan Braud / Alamy Stock Photo
• Image ID: CWN9H4
• File size: 37.8 MB (689.2 KB Compressed download)
• Releases: Model - no | Property - no
• Dimensions: 4450 x 2967 px | 37.7 x 25.1 cm | 14.8 x 9.9 inches | 300dpi
• Date taken: 25 August 2012
• Location: Southern Arizona, USA

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in high desert near Green Valley, Arizona

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