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    Salim Ali's fruit bat (Latidens salimalii) is a rare megabat species in the monotypic genus Latidens. It was first collected by Angus Hutton, a planter...
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    of birds, Salim Ali's fruit bat, Salim Ali's dwarf gecko, a couple of bird sanctuaries and institutions have been named after him. Salim Ali was born into...
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  • Thumbnail for Greater short-nosed fruit bat
    The greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx), or short-nosed Indian fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in South...
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  • Thumbnail for Giant golden-crowned flying fox
    golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, is a species of megabat endemic to the Philippines. Since its description...
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    medius, formerly Pteropus giganteus), also known as the greater Indian fruit bat, is a species of flying fox native to the Indian subcontinent. It is one...
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  • Thumbnail for Mauritian flying fox
    (Pteropus niger), also known as Greater Mascarene flying fox or Mauritius fruit bat is a large megabat species endemic to Mauritius and La RĂ©union. The Mauritian...
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  • Thumbnail for Mariana fruit bat
    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...
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    The hammer-headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus), also known as hammer-headed fruit bat, big-lipped bat, and hammerhead bat, is a megabat widely distributed...
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  • Thumbnail for Livingstone's fruit bat
    Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii), also called the Comoro flying fox, is a megabat in the genus Pteropus. It is an Old World fruit bat found only...
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    The straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) is a large fruit bat that is the most widely distributed of all the African megabats. It is quite common...
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  • Thumbnail for Egyptian fruit bat
    The Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a species of megabat that occurs in Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean...
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  • Thumbnail for Lesser short-nosed fruit bat
    The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is a small bat that lives in South Asia...
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    this file? See media help. The black flying fox or black fruit bat (Pteropus alecto) is a bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is among the largest bats...
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  • Thumbnail for Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat
    Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops buettikoferi) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea...
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  • Thumbnail for Bulmer's fruit bat
    Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae) is a megabat endemic to New Guinea. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and hunting...
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  • Thumbnail for Seychelles fruit bat
    The Seychelles fruit bat or Seychelles flying fox (Pteropus seychellensis) is a megabat found on the granitic islands of Seychelles, and on the Comoros...
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  • Thumbnail for Dayak fruit bat
    The dayak fruit bat or dyak fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus) is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only on the Sunda Shelf of southeast...
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  • Thumbnail for Ryukyu flying fox
    The Ryukyu flying fox or Ryukyu fruit bat (Pteropus dasymallus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, and...
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    Megabat (redirect from Fruit bat)
    fruit bat, Peters's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus crypturus), the hammer-headed bat, the straw-colored fruit bat, the little collared fruit bat (Myonycteris...
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  • Thumbnail for Philippine naked-backed fruit bat
    The Philippine naked-backed fruit bat or Philippine bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia chapmani) is a megabat that mostly lives on Negros Island. Two small...
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    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...
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    palm bat) is a genus of megabats in the family Pteropodidae. It contains two species: Madagascan fruit bat, Eidolon dupreanum Straw-coloured fruit bat, Eidolon...
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  • Thumbnail for Spotted-winged fruit bat
    The spotted-winged fruit bat (Balionycteris maculata) is the smallest megabat in the world. It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand...
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  • collected a species of bat that was later named as Salim Ali's fruit bat (Latidens salimali) after Indian ornithologist Salim Ali. Until his death is 2016...
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  • Thumbnail for Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat
    The Wallace's or Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium wallacei) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi...
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  • Thumbnail for Borneo fruit bat
    The Borneo fruit bat (Aethalops aequalis) is a species of megabat found in the mountains of Borneo, specifically East Malaysia and Brunei. It is considered...
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    species group within Pteropus, which additionally includes the Ceram fruit bat (P. ocularis), black flying fox (P. alecto), gray flying fox (P. griseus)...
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    in the family Pteropodidae. The common blossom bat feeds mostly on nectar and pollen rather than fruit. It is one of eight Pteropodidae species on mainland...
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  • Thumbnail for Rodrigues flying fox
    flying fox or Rodrigues fruit bat (Pteropus rodricensis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae, the flying foxes or fruit bats. It is endemic to...
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    The common tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimene albiventer) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found at islands north of Australia,...
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