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    The Philippine naked-backed fruit bat or Philippine bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia chapmani) is a megabat that mostly lives on Negros Island. Two small...
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  • Thumbnail for Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat
    The Solomon's naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia inermis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. Lavery...
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  • Thumbnail for Panniet naked-backed fruit bat
    Panniet naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia pannietensis), also known as the De Vis's Bare-backed Fruit Bat and Panaeati Bare-backed Fruit Bat, is a species...
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  • Thumbnail for Lesser naked-backed fruit bat
    The lesser naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia minor) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Leary...
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  • Thumbnail for Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat
    The Sulawesi naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia exoleta) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Hutson, A.M.; Helgen...
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  • Thumbnail for Greenish naked-backed fruit bat
    The greenish naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia viridis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to some of the northeastern Lesser...
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    related to Nyctimene rabori. Giant golden-crowned flying fox Philippine naked-backed fruit bat IUCN Red List endangered species (Animalia) Ong, P.; Rosell-Ambal...
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  • Thumbnail for Western naked-backed fruit bat
    The western naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia peronii) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. Its natural habitat...
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  • Thumbnail for Greater short-nosed fruit bat
    The greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx), or short-nosed Indian fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in South...
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  • Thumbnail for Egyptian fruit bat
    The Egyptian fruit bat or Egyptian rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a species of megabat that occurs in Africa, the Middle East, the Mediterranean...
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  • Thumbnail for Biak naked-backed fruit bat
    naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia emersa) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. The Biak naked-backed fruit bat...
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    medius, formerly Pteropus giganteus), also known as the greater Indian fruit bat, is a species of flying fox native to the Indian subcontinent. It is one...
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  • Thumbnail for Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat
    naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia beauforti) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It roosts in caves. Beaufort's naked-backed fruit bat...
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  • Thumbnail for New Britain naked-backed fruit bat
    The New Britain naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia praedatrix) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to New Britain island in...
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  • Thumbnail for Bare-backed fruit bat
    The bare-backed fruit bat or Moluccan naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia moluccensis) is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae. It was described as a new...
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  • Thumbnail for Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat
    The Halmahera naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia crenulata) is a common and widespread species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia...
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  • Thumbnail for Mariana fruit bat
    The Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus), also known as the Mariana flying fox, and the fanihi in Chamorro, is a megabat found only in the Mariana Islands...
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  • Thumbnail for Giant golden-crowned flying fox
    golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon jubatus), also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, is a species of megabat endemic to the Philippines. Since its description...
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  • Thumbnail for Mauritian flying fox
    (Pteropus niger), also known as Greater Mascarene flying fox or Mauritius fruit bat is a large megabat species endemic to Mauritius and La RĂ©union. The Mauritian...
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  • Thumbnail for Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat
    Andersen's naked-backed fruit bat or Andersen's bare-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia anderseni) is a large cave-dwelling species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae...
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  • Thumbnail for Fischer's pygmy fruit bat
    The Fischer's pygmy fruit bat or Philippine pygmy fruit bat (Haplonycteris fischeri) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is monotypic...
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  • Thumbnail for Straw-coloured fruit bat
    The straw-coloured fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) is a large fruit bat that is the most widely distributed of all the African megabats. It is quite common...
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    The hammer-headed bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus), also known as hammer-headed fruit bat, big-lipped bat, and hammerhead bat, is a megabat widely distributed...
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  • Thumbnail for Dayak fruit bat
    The dayak fruit bat or dyak fruit bat (Dyacopterus spadiceus) is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only on the Sunda Shelf of southeast...
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  • The New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat (Dobsonia magna or Dobsonia moluccensis magna) is a species of megabat native to Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian...
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    Megabat (redirect from Fruit bat)
    attach nearer the spine, giving them the common name of "bare-backed" or "naked-backed" fruit bats. Megabats have large orbits, which are bordered by well-developed...
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  • Thumbnail for Livingstone's fruit bat
    Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii), also called the Comoro flying fox, is a megabat in the genus Pteropus. It is an Old World fruit bat found only...
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  • Thumbnail for Bulmer's fruit bat
    Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae) is a megabat endemic to New Guinea. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and hunting...
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  • Thumbnail for Rodrigues flying fox
    flying fox or Rodrigues fruit bat (Pteropus rodricensis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae, the flying foxes or fruit bats. It is endemic to...
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  • Thumbnail for Dusky fruit bat
    The dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi) is a species of bat found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Dusky fruit bats are species found in Southeast Asia that...
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