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Roosting groups may be 3–100 individuals. Bats typically change roost locations daily or every few days [13] and may fly as far as 4 km (2.5 mi) to feeding areas. Roost locations may follow the ripening of fruit trees. [5] Alternatively, frequently changing roost sites may be a strategy to decrease predation. [6]
A roosting flying fox is positioned upside down with its wings wrapped up. [18] When it gets too warm, a flying fox fans itself with its wings. [12] Roosting bats are restless until midmorning. Female large flying fox gestations are at their highest between November and January in Peninsular Malaysia, but some births occur in other months. [19]
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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 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] A few species and subspecies, such as Orii's flying fox (P. dasymallus inopinatus) and the Ceram fruit bat, are solitary. [49] [50]
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.
Dusky flying fox (Pteropus brunneus) Ashy-headed flying fox (Pteropus caniceps) Bismark masked flying fox (Pteropus capistratus) 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 ...
The Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus), also known as the Mariana flying fox, and the fanihi in Chamorro, is a megabat found only in the Mariana Islands and Ulithi (an atoll in the Caroline Islands). [3] Habitat loss has driven it to endangered status, and it is listed as threatened by the US Fish and Wildlife Service.