Kitti's hog-nosed bat

English

Etymology

Named after Kitti Thonglongya, the Thai zoologist who discovered it.

Noun

Kitti's hog-nosed bat (plural Kitti's hog-nosed bats)

1. Craseonycteris thonglongyai, a small bat with a distinctive pig-like snout, found in western Thailand and southeast Burma.

Synonyms

• bumblebee bat

Translations

Craseonycteris thonglongyai

• Finnish: siankuonolepakko (fi)
• Japanese: 豚鼻蝙蝠 (ぶたばなこうもり, butabanakōmori)