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Spectacled Flying-fox
Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850
Pteropus conspicillatus, the spectacled flying fox, is a large forest-dwelling f…
Black Flying-fox
Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837
Pteropus alecto, the black flying fox, is a large bat native to parts of Austral…
Pacific Flying-fox
Pteropus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Pteropus tonganus, the insular flying fox, is a color-varying bat widespread acr…
Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797)
Cynopterus sphinx, the greater short-nosed fruit bat, is a South and Southeast A…
Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Cynopterus brachyotis (Müller, 1838)
Cynopterus brachyotis, the lesser short-nosed fruit bat, is a widely distributed…
Lesser Dawn Bat
Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871)
Eonycteris spelaea, the cave nectar bat, is a nectar-feeding Southeast Asian bat…
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1846)
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) is a megabat found acros…
Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835)
The Gambian epauletted fruit bat is an African megabat species facing threats mo…
Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus crypturus Peters, 1852
Epomophorus crypturus, or Peters's epauletted fruit bat, is a fruit- and nectar-…
Hammer-headed Fruit Bat
Hypsignathus monstrosus H.Allen, 1861
The hammer-headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) is mainland Africa's largest bat…
Egyptian Rousette
Rousettus aegyptiacus (E.Geoffroy, 1810)
Rousettus aegyptiacus (Egyptian fruit bat) is a medium-sized megabat with a wide…
Leschenault’s Rousette
Rousettus leschenaultii (Desmarest, 1820)
Leschenault's rousette (Rousettus leschenaultii) is a fruit-eating megabat found…
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792)
Eidolon helvum, the straw-coloured fruit bat, is a large social African fruit ba…
Madagascan Fruit Bat
Eidolon dupreanum (Pollen, 1866)
Eidolon dupreanum, the Madagascan fruit bat, is a Vulnerable Pteropodidae specie…
Queensland Tube-nosed Fruit Bat
Nyctimene robinsoni Thomas, 1904
Nyctimene robinsoni is a spotted fruit bat that lives along Australia's east coa…
Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat
Macroglossus minimus (E.Geoffroy, 1810)
Macroglossus minimus, the long-tongued nectar bat, is a small megabat found acro…
Egyptian Slit-faced Bat
Nycteris thebaica E.Geoffroy, 1818
Nycteris thebaica, the Egyptian slit-faced bat, is a small bat found across Afri…
lesser sheath-tailed bat
Emballonura monticola Temminck, 1838
Emballonura monticola, the lesser sheath-tailed bat, is a sac-winged bat found a…
Greater Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx bilineata (Temminck, 1838)
The greater sac-winged bat is a common Central and South American bat, the first…
Lesser Sac-winged Bat
Saccopteryx leptura (Schreber, 1774)
Saccopteryx leptura, the lesser white-lined bat, is a small sexually dimorphic N…
Lesser Dog-like Bat
Peropteryx macrotis (Wagner, 1843)
Peropteryx macrotis, the lesser dog-like bat, is the smallest dog-like bat speci…
Northern Ghost Bat
Diclidurus albus Wied-Neuwied, 1820
Diclidurus albus, the northern ghost bat, is a medium-sized neotropical emballon…
Chestnut Sac-winged Bat
Cormura brevirostris (Wagner, 1843)
Chestnut sac-winged bat (Cormura brevirostris) is a small bat found in Neotropic…
Gray Sac-winged Bat
Balantiopteryx plicata Peters, 1867
The gray sac-winged bat is an insectivorous Emballonuridae species found across …
