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They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, ... Megabats can be distinguished from microbats in appearance by their dog-like faces, ...
A new clade consisting solely of African fruit bats is supported by phylogenetic analysis, which will consist of 12 genera currently placed in several different subfamilies. [7] Conversely, there may have been at least three separate colonization events of Africa by fruit bats. [8] There is also controversy regarding the Southeast Asian fruit ...
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]
The black flying fox or black fruit bat (Pteropus alecto) is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats in the world, but is considerably smaller than the largest species in its genus, Pteropus. The black flying fox is native to Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia. It is not a threatened species.
Straw-coloured fruit bats travel in massive colonies of at least 100,000 bats and sometimes massing up to 1 million. From October to end of December every year, in the largest migration of mammals on the planet, up to 10 million straw-coloured fruit bats congregate in Kasanka National Park , Zambia , roosting in a 2 hectares (4.9 acres) area of ...
Appearance. move to sidebar hide Pteropodinae Pteropus ... Genus Eidolon — straw-coloured fruit bats Madagascan fruit bat, E. dupreanum; Straw-coloured fruit ...
Genus Artibeus - Neotropical fruit bats Subgenus Artibeus. Ecuadorian fruit-eating bat, Artibeus aequatorialis from Ecuador, Peru and Colombia. Large fruit-eating bat, Artibeus amplus lives in Colombia, Venezuela, and Guyana. Fringed fruit-eating bat, Artibeus fimbriatus has its habitat in southern Brazil, in Paraguay and northern Argentina.
Spotted-winged fruit bats are unusually small megabats, with a head-body length of 5.2 to 6.2 centimetres (2.0 to 2.4 in), [2] a wingspan of 28 centimetres (11 in), and an adult body weight of around 13 grams (0.46 oz). Most of the head and body are covered in thick blackish-brown fur, while the underparts are a pale grey-brown.