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In Peninsular Malaysia, 1,756 hunting licenses were issued for the large flying fox from 2002–2006. In total, these hunting licenses permitted the hunting of 87,800 large flying foxes, or about 22,000 each year. Based on population modeling, the loss of the estimated 22,000 large flying foxes annually is unlikely to be sustainable. A 2009 ...
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 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]
A roosting colony of Indian flying foxes. Most flying fox species are gregarious and form large aggregations of individuals called colonies or "camps." The large flying fox forms colonies of up to 15,000 individuals, [47] [48] while the little red flying fox forms colonies of up to 100,000 individuals. [37]
Moluccan flying fox (Pteropus chrysoproctus) Makira flying fox (Pteropus cognatus) Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) Large Samoan flying fox (Pteropus coxi) Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus) Pteropus ennisae; Nicobar flying fox (Pteropus faunulus) Banks flying fox (Pteropus fundatus) Gilliard's flying fox (Pteropus gilliardorum)
A flying fox depicted in indigenous Australian art. Megabats, particularly flying foxes, are featured in indigenous cultures and traditions. Folk stories from Australia and Papua New Guinea feature them. [145] [146] They were also included in Indigenous Australian cave art, as evinced by several surviving examples. [147]
The big-eared flying fox (Pteropus macrotis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae, larger bats who subsist largely on fruits.The species is distributed across a range in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and islands nearing the Cape York Peninsula at the northeast of Australia, at elevations less than 500 metres and often in coastal mangroves.