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The Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat is a Ukrainian two-seat, high-wing, tricycle landing gear ultralight aircraft that was designed by Yuri Yakovlev and is manufactured by Aeroprakt. In the United States the A-22 is referred to as the Valor, [2] while in the UK and Australia it is called the Foxbat. It has also been marketed as the Vision.
Fruit bats, also known as flying foxes or megabats, ... 15 as endangered, eight as critically endangered, four as recently extinct, and 22 as data deficient.
Flying foxes are killed and sold for bushmeat in several countries in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Oceania, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Bangladesh, China, [89] Fiji, and Guam. [90] Flying fox consumption is particularly common in countries with low food security and lack of environmental regulation. [91]
The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus, formerly Pteropus giganteus), ... [22] The large flying fox is a natural reservoir of the Nipah virus.
The great flying fox is the largest bat on the island New Guinea, [10] as well as the whole of Melanesia. [11] Its forearm length ranges from 165–207 mm (6.5–8.1 in), [12] and individuals can weigh up to 1.6 kg (3.5 lb). [3]
Exposure to flying fox blood, urine, or feces cannot cause infections of Australian bat lyssavirus. Since 1994, there have been three records of people becoming infected with it in Queensland—each case was fatal. [135] Flying foxes are also reservoirs of henipaviruses such as Hendra virus and Nipah virus. Hendra virus was first identified in ...
The Aru flying fox (Pteropus aruensis) is a Critically Endangered species of megabat found in the Aru Islands in Indonesia. It was described by Wilhelm Peters in 1867. [1] It was formerly considered a subspecies of the black-bearded flying fox. [2] The species is poorly known, and has not been encountered since the 19th century.
The Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius), also known as the greater Indian fruit bat, ... [22] It prefers to roost on tall trees with small diameters, ...