Flying Fox Bat

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Flying Fox Bat

Flying Fox Bat

Flying Fox Bat

Flying foxes (Pteropus) are the fruit-eating bats found in the Old World tropics and sub-tropics, including India. They belong so the suborder Megachiroptera. They are called the flying foxes because of fox-like head, long snout and large eyes. Some of them are the largest of bats with a body 30 cm in length and a wingspread of 1.5 meter. Body is covered with brown fur. Molars are marked with a longitudinal groove and are not tubercular. They have short rudimentary tails and a claw on the second as well as first finger which is free from patagiam.

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