Large flying fox
| Large flying fox | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. vampyrus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus vampyrus | |
| Large flying fox range | |
| Synonyms | |
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The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus, formerly Pteropus giganteus), also known as the greater flying fox, Malayan flying fox, Malaysian flying fox, large fruit bat, kalang, or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.[3] Despite its scientific name, it feeds exclusively on fruits, nectar, and flowers, like the other flying foxes of the genus Pteropus. It is noted for being one of the largest bats.[4] As with nearly all other Old World fruit bats, it lacks the ability to echolocate but compensates for it with well-developed eyesight.[5]
- ^ Mildenstein, T.; Abdul Aziz, S.; Paguntalan, L.; Jakosalem, P.G.; Mohd-Azlan, J.; Tagtag, A.; Bansa, L.; Reintar, A.R.; Struebig, M.; Fredriksson, G.; Lee, B.; Thong, V.D.; Sheherazade. (2022). "Pteropus vampyrus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T18766A22088824. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl (1758). Systema naturæ per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I (in Latin) (10th ed.). Holmiæ: Laurentius Salvius. p. 31. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
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