#pteropus

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A Seychelles fruit bat (Pteropus seychellensis) stretches its wings in Mahé, Seychelles

by Gary Faulkner

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Rodrigues Flying Fox (Pteropus rodricensis) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

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The little red flying-fox (Pteropus scapulatus) colony, Northern Territory, Australia.

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Pteropus (subordem Yinpterochiroptera ) é um gênero de megamorcegos que estão entre os maiores morcegos do mundo. Eles são conhecidos como raposas-voadoras (flying foxes), e são inofensivos, são frugívoros, se alimentando basicamente de frutas e materiais vegetais.

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Bone studies (background version)

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Grey-headed Flying Fox

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Pteropus es un género de murciélagos frugívoros conocidos comúnmente como zorros voladores. Habitan las regiones tropicales de África, Asia, Australia y otras islas de Oceanía.

📸por 360pixual donde se puede ver a un madre con su cría.

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(via Flying Fox facts: the big bois of the skies | Animal Fact Files)

Pteropus

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An Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius) stretches on a branch in Fonimagoodhoo, Maldives

by Gary Faulkner

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Can I request the Fanihi (Mariana fruit bat)? Saw one at a wildlife conservation presentation at school when I lived on Guam and have been enamored with them ever since.

image description: a flying fox roosting. It is black with a bright yellow band around its neck and shoulders. Image Source: Ann Hudgins, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Public Affairs; Modified by Fir0002 on wikipedia

Mariana Fruit Bat (Pteropus mariannus) There are several subspecies of this species, the individual above is more precisely a member of the subspecies called the Guam Mariana Fruit Bat (Pteropus mariannus mariannus*). The other subspecies of Mariana Fruit Bat are the Pagan Mariana Fruit Bat (P. m. paganensis) and the Ulithi Mariana Fruit Bat (P. m. ulthiensis).

*That scientific name is quite the mouthful, isn't it? It can be abbreviated in scientific writing and on wikipedia once the genus and species have been established within a particular document (or wikipedia page) by using just the first letter of the genus and the species name like this: P. m. mariannus. You can also do this with species names, which can be a life saver with the more difficult to pronounce and spell genus names. That would look like this: P. mariannus.

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via lubeebatconservancy on Instagram

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Spectacled flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus).

Image credit: shutterstock

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“FLYING FOX (PTEROPUS MEARNSI)” HENRY HORENSTEIN // 1995–2001 [chromogenic print | 27 × 40"]