tube-nosed bat vs tube-nosed fruit bat

tube-nosed bat and tube-nosed fruit bat both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tube-nosed bat	Yes	No	No	No
tube-nosed fruit bat	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, tube-nosed bat and tube-nosed fruit bat are synonyms defined as:

tube-nosed bat and tube-nosed fruit bat: any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

Other synonyms of tube-nosed bat include harpy, harpy bat.

tube-nosed bat (noun)	tube-nosed fruit bat (noun)
any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes	any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes