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Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera . They are also called fruit bats , Old World fruit bats , or—especially the genera Acerodon and Pteropus — flying foxes . They are the only member of the superfamily Pteropodoidea , which is one of two superfamilies in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera .
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The Yinpterochiroptera (or Pteropodiformes) is a suborder of the Chiroptera, which includes taxa formerly known as megabats and five of the microbat families: Rhinopomatidae, Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae, Craseonycteridae, and Megadermatidae. This suborder is primarily based on molecular genetics data.
Rousettus is a genus of Old World fruit bats or megabats, referred to as rousette bats.The genus is a member of the family Pteropodidae.The genus consists of seven species [1] that range over most of Africa to southeast Asia, and the islands of the south Pacific.
Megabats have a claw on the second finger of the forelimb. [44] [45] The external ears of microbats do not close to form a ring; the edges are separated from each other at the base of the ear. [45] Megabats eat fruit, nectar, or pollen, while most microbats eat insects; others feed on fruit, nectar, pollen, fish, frogs, small mammals, or blood ...
The hammer-headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus), also known as hammer-headed fruit bat, big-lipped bat, and hammerhead bat, [2] [3] is a megabat widely distributed in West and Central Africa. It is the only member of the genus Hypsignathus , which is part of the tribe Epomophorini along with four other genera.
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The Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a species of megabat that occurs in Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean and the Indian subcontinent. It is one of three Rousettus species with an African-Malagasy range, though the only species of its genus found on continental Africa.