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Unlike most bat species the banana bat dose not feed on bugs. Instead, these bats provide a great service to all banana lovers. they are known to be important pollinators of this fruit. They are also huge pollinators of certain types of cacti and other plant species.
Other than that not much depends on the Banana Bat for survival.
The banana bat is mostly found in tropical deciduous and dry forest.
This type of habitat is based on the rainy season during the months of June-October and a drier season from November-May.
This species has been found roosting in a sheltered rocky overhangs and have even been found roosting in a culverts and caves.
http://www.arkive.org/long-snouted-bat/platalina-genovensium/
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14003/0
The Banana Bat is native to the Pacific coast of Mexico. This species has been found in the Mexican states of Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, and Morelos. The maximum altitude at which the bat has been found is 1,700m.
The Banana bat has a tongue that is approximately 2/3 of their body length, when stretched to the max.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v458/n7237/full/458388a.html
http://www.wild-facts.com/2013/banana-bat/
The banana bat is protected by Mexican law and occurs in at least two protected areas. It is important that the remaining dry forests of western Mexico are protected because the banana bat is reliant to its ecosystem the forests that contain its preferred food plants and suitable roost sites should be protected.
If the banana bat was to go extinct many plants and especially bananas would decrease in population very rapidly. Humans especially in Mexico depend on the bat to pollinate their bananas so without them they might loose bananas all together.
The main threat facing the banana bat is habitat loss. The dry forest habitat of the banana bat is one of the most endangered habitats in Mexico, due to the pressures of an increasing human population.
Musonycteris Harrisoni
or the
Banana Bat
The banana bat is currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.
http://www.arkive.org/banana-bat/musonycteris-harrisoni/
http://www.amara.org/en/videos/4EWyDyEpQu1U/info/bat-on-banana/
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14003/0
http://www.wild-facts.com/2013/banana-bat/
http://www.arkive.org/mexican-long-tongued-bat/choeronycteris-mexicana/image-G75155.html