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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.
Skull of the black-eared flying fox. The skulls of Pteropus species are composed of 24 bones, the snout is made of 7, the cranium of 16 and the mandible is a single bone.
The black-eared flying fox, species Pteropus melanotus, is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats). Also known as Blyth's flying fox , it is found on the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (India), and in Sumatra ( Indonesia ). [ 1 ]
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 large flying fox is on Appendix II of CITES, which restricts international trade. [25] One threat to the large flying fox is habitat destruction. [19] Flying foxes are sometimes hunted for food, and the controls on hunting seem to be unenforceable. [4] In some areas, farmers consider them pests as they sometimes feed on their orchards. [14]
Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii), also called the Comoro flying fox, is a megabat in the genus Pteropus. It is an Old World fruit bat found only in the Anjouan and Mohéli islands in the Union of the Comoros in the western Indian Ocean. It is the largest and rarest bat of all Comorian species.
The great flying fox has a slightly shorter forearm length, and its wingspan is thus presumed to be lesser as well. [13] The wingspan of the Indian flying fox is up to 1.5 m (4.9 ft), [14] while the giant golden-crowned flying fox has a wingspan of 1.5–1.7 m (4.9–5.6 ft). [12]
The black-bearded flying fox (Pteropus melanopogon) is an endangered species of megabat in the genus Pteropus. [1] It is endemic to Indonesia, found on the islands of Ambon, Buru, Seram, Banda, and Yamdena. [2] Currently considered monotypic, it formerly included the Aru flying fox and Kei flying fox as subspecies. [2]