Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus, formerly Pteropus giganteus), also known as the greater flying fox, Malayan flying fox, Malaysian flying fox, large fruit bat, kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. [3]
As the flying foxes travel large distances, seeds can be deposited up to 20 km (12 mi) from the parent tree. They are particularly important in fragmented forests, as many other frugivores are terrestrial and often confined to forest fragments. Flying foxes have the capability to spread seeds beyond the forest fragments through flight. [60]
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]
It has been speculated that the sexes may segregate into different roosts in part of the year, similar to the insular flying fox, though this is unconfirmed. [14] A great flying fox wearing a battery-powered GPS collar. It is known to be parasitized by nematodes of the genus Litomosa, with the species L. hepatica newly described from a great ...
Fruit bats, also known as flying foxes or megabats, are the 197 species of bats that make up the suborder Megachiroptera, found throughout the tropics of Africa, Asia, and Oceania, of which 186 are extant.
The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a megabat native to Australia. [3] The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus Pteropus: the little red P. scapulatus, spectacled P. conspicillatus, and the black P. alecto. The grey-headed flying fox is the largest bat in Australia.
Large Palau flying fox (Pteropus pilosus) ... Yap flying fox (Pteropus yapensis) Genus Styloctenium [33] Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium mindorensis) [34]
Small Mauritian flying fox, P. subniger (19th century †) P. vampyrus species group Indian flying fox, P. giganteus; Andersen's flying fox, P. intermedius; Lyle's flying fox, P. lylei; Large flying fox, P. vampyrus; incertae sedis. Small Samoan flying fox, P. allenorum (19th century †) Large Samoan flying fox, P. coxi (19th century ...