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Indonesia Mid‑importance

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South Asia Mid‑importance

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<economic importance> paragraph says strange things. The tequila fruit? What? And does it live in Asia? Hm.

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Ah, that's a glitch: it should be the Agave tequilana, the plant from which tequila is made. DS (talk) 17:24, 21 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

File:Unidentified newborn bat.jpg to appear as POTD soon

Hello! This is a note to let the editors of this article know that File:Unidentified newborn bat.jpg will be appearing as picture of the day on October 30, 2013. You can view and edit the POTD blurb at Template:POTD/2013-10-30. If this article needs any attention or maintenance, it would be preferable if that could be done before its appearance on the Main Page. Thanks! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 22:41, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Picture of the day

A newborn lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) clinging upon a human finger. A species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae, it is a small bat that lives in South and Southeast Asia. Adults weigh between 21 and 32 grams (0.74 and 1.13 oz).Photo: Anton Croos

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Southeast Asia and Borneo

From the lede, "It is a small bat that lives in South and Southeast Asia and Indonesia (Borneo)." Is there a definition of Southeast Asia that doesn't already include Borneo? 202.155.85.18 (talk) 07:15, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Question

If it's a megabat, why is it so tiny? Looks like a microbat to me. Sca (talk) 20:52, 30 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]