Directory of Pteropodidae Resources

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Old world fruit-eating bats. The only family of the sub-order Megachiroptera.

Resources in This Category

• Bulmer's Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=33
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Golden-capped Fruit Bat: Acerodon jubatus

  http://www.arkive.org/golden-capped-fruit-bat/acerodon-jubatus/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat: Cynopterus brachyotis

  http://www.arkive.org/lesser-short-nosed-fruit-bat/cynopterus-brachyotis/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Lubee Bat Conservancy

  http://lubee.org/
  Biology, conservation and the importance of fruit and nectar bats in tropical ecosystems.

• Pteropodidae

  http://animaldiversity.org/site/accounts/information/Pteropodidae.html
  Detailed information, classification, and photos of the family of flying foxes and old world fruit bats. Includes many species accounts.

• Salim Ali's Fruit Bat: Latidens salmalii

  http://www.arkive.org/salim-alis-fruit-bat/latidens-salmalii/
  Photograph and information from ARKive on this critically endangered species.

• Spotted-winged Fruit Bat: Balionycteris maculata

  http://www.arkive.org/spotted-winged-fruit-bat/balionycteris-maculata/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Straw-colored Fruit Bat

  http://www.awf.org/wildlife-conservation/bat
  Factsheet on Eidolon helvum with photographs, physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, predators and threats.

 

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