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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] There are at least 60 extant species in the genus. [4] Flying foxes eat fruit and other plant matter, and occasionally consume ...
Despite its scientific name, it feeds exclusively on fruits, nectar, and flowers, like the other flying foxes of the genus Pteropus. It is noted for being one of the largest bats. [ 4 ] As with nearly all other Old World fruit bats, it lacks the ability to echolocate but compensates for it with well-developed eyesight.
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.
Common name Scientific name IUCN Red List Status Range Picture Bougainville monkey-faced bat: P. anceps Andersen, 1909: d EN: Guadalcanal monkey-faced bat: P. atrata Thomas, 1888: d EN: Greater monkey-faced bat: P. flanneryi [j] Helgen, 2005: e CR: Montane monkey-faced bat: P. pulchra Flannery, 1991: e CR k] – New Georgian monkey-faced bat: P ...
The Indian flying fox was described as a new species by Dutch zoologist and museum curator Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1825 who gave it the scientific name Pteropus medius. [5] Confusion over the name has prevailed in the literature as in 1782 Danish zoologist Morten Thrane Brünnich , gave the scientific name Vespertilio gigantea as a ...
The giant golden-crowned flying fox was described as a new species in 1831 by German naturalist Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz. Eschscholtz placed it in the genus Pteropus with a scientific name of Pteropus jubatus. [4] Its species name "jubatus" is from Latin, meaning "having a mane or crest, crested". [5]
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.
The little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) is a megachiropteran bat native to northern and eastern Australia. The species weighs about half a kilogram, one US pound , and is the smallest species of Pteropus in mainland Australia.