Large Flying Fox

Large Flying Fox

Taxobox
name = Large Flying Fox, Gigantic Flying Fox


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Pteropus"
species = "P. vampyrus"
binomial = "Pteropus vampyrus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
synonyms =
The Large Flying Fox ("Pteropus vampyrus"), also known as the Greater Flying Fox is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Tonga, and Vanuatu.

Like the other members of the genus "Pteropus", or the Old World Fruit Bats, it feeds exclusively on fruits. It is noted for being the largest member of the bat family by wingspan, which reaches six feet. It, as with all other Old World fruit bats, lacks the ability to echolocate. It should not be confused with Acerodon jubatus which is also large.

References

* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/18766/all Pteropus vampyrus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.


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