Indian Flying-fox
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| Pteropus giganteus (Brünnich, 1782) |
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The Indian Flying-fox (Pteropus giganteus) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The Greater Indian Fruit Bat lives in mainly forests. It is a very large bat with a wing span of around 80 centimeters. It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on ripe fruits such as mangoes and bananas and nectar. This bat is gregarious and lives in colonies which can number a few hundred. Their offspring has no specific name besides 'young'. They reproduce sexually and give live birth. They have one to two young.
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- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Pteropus giganteus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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