Family

Pteropodidae

25 species · Animals

Animalia › Chordata › Mammalia › Chiroptera › Pteropodidae

Seychelles Flying-fox

Pteropus seychellensis A.Milne-Edwards, 1878

Pteropus seychellensis, the Seychelles fruit bat, is a common seed-dispersing megabat native to western Indian Ocean islands.

Madagascan Flying-fox

Pteropus rufus E.Geoffroy, 1803

Pteropus rufus, the Madagascan flying fox, is Madagascar's largest common bat, living in colonies and feeding on tree products like fruit.

Ryukyu Flying-fox

Pteropus dasymallus Temminck, 1825

Pteropus dasymallus, the Ryukyu flying fox, is a small fruit bat native to East Asian forests with key ecological roles in pollination and seed dispersal.

Mauritius Flying-fox

Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792)

Pteropus niger, the Mauritian flying fox, is the largest endemic mammal of Mauritius, an important seed disperser for native plants.

Black-eared Flying-fox

Pteropus melanotus Blyth, 1863

Pteropus melanotus, the black-eared Blyth's flying fox, is an Indo-Pacific island megabat with a disputed Christmas Island subspecies.

Lyle's Flying-fox

Pteropus lylei K.Andersen, 1908

Lyle's flying fox is a fruit-eating megabat native to Southeast Asia that acts as a reservoir for Nipah virus.

Large Flying-fox

Pteropus vampyrus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pteropus vampyrus, the large flying fox, is a very large megabat found across Southeast Asia that feeds mainly on fruit, nectar, and flowers.

Grey-headed Flying-fox

Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825

Pteropus poliocephalus (grey-headed flying fox) is Australia's largest bat, native to eastern Australia, feeding on plant nectar, pollen and fruit.

Little Red Flying-fox

Pteropus scapulatus Peters, 1862

Pteropus scapulatus, the little red flying-fox, is a nectar-feeding Australian pteropodid bat that is an important tree pollinator.

Spectacled Flying-fox

Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850

Pteropus conspicillatus, the spectacled flying fox, is a large forest-dwelling fruit bat that produces one pup per year.

Black Flying-fox

Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837

Pteropus alecto, the black flying fox, is a large bat native to parts of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, that breeds annually to produce one young.

Pacific Flying-fox

Pteropus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830

Pteropus tonganus, the insular flying fox, is a color-varying bat widespread across Polynesian islands in varied forest and plantation habitats.

Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797)

Cynopterus sphinx, the greater short-nosed fruit bat, is a South and Southeast Asian bat that builds simple tent nests.

Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Cynopterus brachyotis (Müller, 1838)

Cynopterus brachyotis, the lesser short-nosed fruit bat, is a widely distributed fruit bat species with polygynous reproduction and male parental care.

Lesser Dawn Bat

Eonycteris spelaea (Dobson, 1871)

Eonycteris spelaea, the cave nectar bat, is a nectar-feeding Southeast Asian bat important for pollinating many commercial crops.

Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Epomophorus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1846)

Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) is a megabat found across southern Africa with distinct male traits.

Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat

Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835)

The Gambian epauletted fruit bat is an African megabat species facing threats most significantly from habitat destruction.

Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Epomophorus crypturus Peters, 1852

Epomophorus crypturus, or Peters's epauletted fruit bat, is a fruit- and nectar-eating bat native to Southern Africa, currently ranked as least concern by the IUCN.

Hammer-headed Fruit Bat

Hypsignathus monstrosus H.Allen, 1861

The hammer-headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus) is mainland Africa's largest bat, noted for extreme sexual dimorphism and specialized vocal mating adaptations.