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Megabats constitute the
family Pteropodidae of the
order Chiroptera (bats). They are also
called fruit bats, Old
World fruit bats, or—especially the genera...
- were
traditionally divided into two suborders: the
largely fruit-eating
megabats, and the
echolocating microbats. But more
recent evidence has supported...
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Chiroptera (bats). Bats have long been
differentiated into
Megachiroptera (
megabats) and Microchiroptera,
based on
their size, the use of
echolocation by the...
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fruit bat or
Egyptian rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a
species of
megabat that
occurs in Africa, the
Middle East, the
Mediterranean and the Indian...
- (Acerodon jubatus), also
known as the golden-capped
fruit bat, is a
species of
megabat endemic to the Philippines.
Since its
description in 1831,
three subspecies...
- In
evolutionary biology, the
flying primate hypothesis is that
megabats, a
subgroup of
Chiroptera (also
known as
flying foxes), form an
evolutionary sister...
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known as hammer-headed
fruit bat, big-lipped bat, and
hammerhead bat, is a
megabat widely distributed in West and
Central Africa. It is the only
member of...
- of
these are endemic:
Rhinolophus tatar,
Scotophilus celebensis and the
megabats Acerodon celebensis,
Boneia bidens,
Dobsonia exoleta,
Harpyionycteris celebensis...
- (Cynopterus sphinx), or short-nosed
Indian fruit bat, is a
species of
megabat in the
family Pteropodidae found in
South and
Southeast Asia.
These bats...
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efficiently and do not
appear to
become drunk from the
fermented nectar.
Megabats have been
known to
drink from
containers of
harvested palm sap and then...
