More Interesting Facts About the Bumblebee Bat
- They are insectivorous
- At dusk they fly around tops of bamboo clumps and leak trees
- They leave the cave for about 20-30 minutes for food
- They are a microbat
- Females will give birth to only one bat a year and will keep them until they are old enough to start their own family
- Group sizes vary from 10-500, although a cave generally holds about 100
- The Bumblebee Bat is also classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List
- About 3 cm in size, but they are approximately 13 cm in size with their wings stretched out
- Rounded glandular swelling on the lower portion of throat, less prominant in female bats
- Discovered by the Thai biologist, Kitti Thonglongya, in 1973 and they were actually named after him.