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Cynopterus (Latin meaning: ״flying dog״) is a genus of megabats. The cynopterine section is represented by 11 genera, [2] five of which occur in Malaysia, namely, Chironax, Balionycteris, Penthetor, Dyacopterus, and Cynopterus. About 30 names for Cynopterus species have been proposed, but only 16 are taxonomically valid forms. [3]
Some electrocution deaths are also accidental, such as when bats fly into overhead power lines. [160] Climate change causes flying fox mortality and is a source of concern for species persistence. Extreme heat waves in Australia have been responsible for the deaths of more than 30,000 flying foxes from 1994 to 2008.
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]
Bat flies are members of the insect order Diptera, the true flies, which are external parasites of bats. Two families of flies are exclusively bat flies: Nycteribiidae and Streblidae . [ 1 ] Bat flies have a cosmopolitan distribution, meaning that they are found around the world. [ 2 ]
[48] [155] [156] Large numbers of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) fly hundreds of metres above the ground in central Texas to feed on migrating moths. [157] Species that hunt insects in flight, like the little brown bat ( Myotis lucifugus ), may catch an insect in mid-air with the mouth, and eat it in the air or use their tail ...
The large flying fox was one of the many mammal species originally described by Carl Linnaeus in the landmark 1758 10th edition of his Systema Naturae, receiving the name Vespertilio vampyrus. [2] The holotype was collected on Java. [7]: 70 Its species name "vampyrus" is derived from Slavic "wampir" meaning "blood-sucking ghost or demon ...
Stellaluna keeps flying, but when her wings hurt, she stops to rest. When she does, she hangs by her thumbs. Soon other bats come, and one asks Stellaluna why she is hanging by her thumbs. As she tells the other bats her story, Mother Bat reunites with her and Stellaluna finally understands why she is so different.
Small flying fox; Small-toothed fruit bat; Smaller horseshoe bat; Sorensen's leaf-nosed bat; Spotted-winged fruit bat; Suhaniah fruit bat; Sulawesi broad-eared horseshoe bat; Sulawesi free-tailed bat; Sulawesi harpy fruit bat; Sulawesi horseshoe bat; Sulawesi rousette; Sulawesi yellow bat; Sumatran mastiff bat; Sumba roundleaf bat; Sunda flying ...