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    The bare-backed fruit bat or Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia moluccensis) is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae. It was described as a new...
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    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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    Panniet naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia pannietensis), also known as the De Vis's Bare-backed Fruit Bat and Panaeati Bare-backed Fruit Bat, is a species...
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  • Thumbnail for Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat
    Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat or Andersen's bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia anderseni) is a large cave-dwelling species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae...
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    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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    Rousettinae (category Fruit bat stubs)
    nectar bat, E. major Cave nectar bat, E. spelaea Philippine dawn bat, E. robusta tribe Epomophorini Genus Epomophorus Angolan epauletted fruit bat, E. angolensis...
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    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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  • 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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    Megabat (redirect from Fruit bat)
    attach nearer the spine, giving them the common name of "bare-backed" or "naked-backed" fruit bats. Megabats have large orbits, which are bordered by well-developed...
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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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    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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    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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    Dobsonia (category Fruit bat stubs)
    Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia anderseni Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia beauforti Philippine bare-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia chapmani...
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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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    fruit bat Greater short-nosed fruit bat Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat Bare-backed fruit bat Lesser naked-backed fruit bat Long-tongued nectar bat Long-tongued...
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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 Réunion. The Mauritian...
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    bats – the Philippine Flying Fox (Philippine Giant Fruit Bat), the Philippine bare-backed fruit bat, and the Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox, which is...
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    Rousettus (redirect from Rousette fruit bat)
    echolocation. Genus Rousettus – rousette fruit bats Geoffroy's rousette, R. amplexicaudatus Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette, R. aegyptiacus Leschenault's...
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  • Thumbnail for Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat
    naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia beauforti) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It roosts in caves. Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat was...
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    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 Western naked-backed fruit bat
    The western naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia peronii) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat...
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  • Churchill (2008) Bare-backed fruit bat, Dobsonia magna - Far North Queensland; the species range also includes New Guinea Northern blossom bat, Macroglossus...
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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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    In: Strahan, R, ed. The Mammals of Australia. Hall, L.S. (1995). "Bare-backed Fruit-bat Dobsonia moluccensis", pp. 430–431 in Strahan, R, ed. The Mammals...
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  • Thumbnail for Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat
    The Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia exoleta) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Hutson, A.M.; Helgen...
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  • Thumbnail for Long-tailed fruit bat
    The long-tailed fruit bat, long-tailed blossom bat, or Fijian blossom bat (Notopteris macdonaldi) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae....
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  • Thumbnail for Dusky fruit bat
    The dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) is a species of bat found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Dusky fruit bats are species found in Southeast Asia that...
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  • Thumbnail for Philippine tube-nosed fruit bat
    Nyctimene rabori. Giant golden-crowned flying fox Philippine naked-backed fruit bat IUCN Red List endangered species (Animalia) Ong, P.; Rosell-Ambal,...
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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 Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat
    The Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia inermis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Lavery...
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