fruit bat
any fruit-eating bat, especially of the suborder Megachiroptera, of tropical regions throughout the Old World, typically having erect, catlike ears and large eyes adapted for night vision, and either tailless or with a rudimentary tail, the numerous species ranging in wingspan from 10 inches to 5 feet (25 centimeters to 1.5 meters).
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Among those creatures were the ivory-billed woodpecker, the Little Mariana fruit bat, and the scioto madtom fish.
Fascinating science stories to help you survive holiday small talk | Elana Spivack | November 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn that timeframe, the inspector only noted peeling walls in the mouse deer and fruit bat enclosures, some rust in the lion’s den, a water drainage issue in the babirusa’s space and overdue water-quality tests in the sea lions’ pool.
In a Legal First, a Court Will Decide if an Elephant Deserves the Same Rights as a Person | Melissa Chan | October 21, 2021 | TimeWhen only one kind of movement (hinge) is allowed, as in the fruit bat, the cartilages are not found.
From a number of high trees, thousands of flying foxes (fruit-bat, Pteropus medius) are suspended.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India | Edgar ThurstonThis is the case with a fruit bat belonging to the genus Pteralopex.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia | Frank Evers Beddard
British Dictionary definitions for fruit bat
any large Old World bat of the suborder Megachiroptera, occurring in tropical and subtropical regions and feeding on fruit: Compare insectivorous bat
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