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Geoffroy's tailless bat; Gervais's fruit-eating bat; Ghost-faced bat; Gnome fruit-eating bat; Godman's long-tailed bat; Golden bat; Goldman's nectar bat; Great fruit-eating bat; Great stripe-faced bat; Greater broad-nosed bat; Greater bulldog bat; Greater dog-like bat; Greater ghost bat; Greater long-tailed bat; Greater round-eared bat; Greater ...
Dark fruit-eating bat, Artibeus obscurus lives exclusively in the Amazon Basin. Flat-faced fruit-eating bat, Artibeus planirostris is found in most of tropical South America east of the Andes. Schwartz's fruit-eating bat, Artibeus schwartzi from the Lesser Antilles. Subgenus Koopmania. Brown fruit-eating bat, Artibeus concolor lives in the ...
Philippine naked-backed fruit bat: D. chapmani Rabor, 1975: e CR: Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat: D. crenulata Andersen, 1908: a LC: Biak naked-backed fruit bat: D. emersa Bergmans and Sarbini, 1985: c VU: Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat: D. exoleta Andersen, 1908: a LC: Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat
Pteropus (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying foxes, among other colloquial names. They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, East Africa, and some oceanic islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. [3]
It is among the heaviest of all bat species, with individuals weighing up to 1.40 kg (3.1 lb). The only bat species known to weigh more than the giant golden-crowned flying fox are the Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius) and great flying fox (Pteropus neohibernicus), with a maximum weight of 1.6 kg (3.5 lb) and 1.45 kg (3.2 lb) respectively.
The fur is soft and moderately thick. Pygmy fruit-eating bats have moderately sized ears that are round, brown, and usually have a white edge. They are very small mammals and they have a small body size of about 51–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in) and a weight between 8 and 15 grams (0.28 and 0.53 oz). [citation needed]
The fraternal fruit-eating bat is the smallest species of large Artibeus (a group that also includes the Jamaican fruit bat, flat-faced fruit-eating bat, and great fruit-eating bat), [5] with a forearm length of 52–59 mm (2.0–2.3 in) and total length of 64–76 mm (2.5–3.0 in). Adults weigh 30–55 g (1.1–1.9 oz).
The great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) is a bat species found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina, as well as in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, ...