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Megabats constitute the
family Pteropodidae of the
order Chiroptera. They are also
called fruit bats, Old
World fruit bats, or—especially the
genera Acerodon...
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fossil record.
Relative to the
current number of
extant species, the
Pteropodidae has one of the most
incomplete fossil records of any bat group. As of...
- short-nosed
Indian fruit bat, is a
species of
megabat in the
family Pteropodidae found in
South and
Southeast Asia.
These bats have a
relatively long...
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found on
Madagascar (all
species counts are for
Madagascar only):
Family Pteropodidae (3
endemic species)
Genus Eidolon (1
endemic species)
Genus Pteropus...
- its merit. The term
Yinpterochiroptera is
constructed from the
words Pteropodidae (the
family of megabats) and
Yinochiroptera (a term
proposed in 1984...
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known as the mottle-winged
flying fox is a
species of bat in the
family Pteropodidae. They are
endemic to the Philippines.
Their natural habitats are subtropical...
- This is the list of bats of Australia, a sub-list of the list of
mammals of Australia.
About 81 bat
species are
known to
occur in Australia, Lord Howe...
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Mammals in
Western Australia include both
native and
introduced species. Family:
Tachyglossidae Genus:
Tachyglossus Short-beaked echidna, T. aculeatus...
- Two new
suborders have been proposed;
Yinpterochiroptera includes the
Pteropodidae, or
megabat family, as well as the
families Rhinolophidae, Hipposideridae...
- kalang, or kalong, is a
southeast Asian species of
megabat in the
family Pteropodidae.
Despite its
scientific name, it
feeds exclusively on fruits, nectar...
