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Fruit bats, also called Megabats, belong to the family Pteropodidae, which encompasses 7 subfamilies and numerous species. These bats are nectarivorous or frugivorous and generally have long, foxlike muzzles.

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Fruit bats, also called Megabats, belong to the family Pteropodidae, which encompasses 7 subfamilies and numerous species. These bats are nectarivorous or frugivorous and generally have long, foxlike muzzles.

Megabat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera, and its only family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabat
Golden-capped Fruit Bat - Acerodon jubatus - ARKive

Learn more about the Golden-capped fruit bat - with amazing Golden-capped fruit bat photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/golden-capped-fruit-bat/acerodon-jubatus/
EDGE - Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Bulmer's fruit bat is the largest bat species to roost in caves. It is predominantly nocturnal and, like other fruit bats, relies on sight rather than echolocation to navigate.
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=33
Fruit Bat Description, Anatomy, and Evolution - Batworlds

The Fruit Bat falls into the category of the Megabat and sometimes they are called the Flying Fox in some locations.
http://www.batworlds.com/fruit-bat/
Fruit Bat - Interesting Facts - Hubpages

Fruit Bat Information, Anatomy, Feeding, Communication, Reproduction, Predators, Echolocation and Fruit Bat Conservation.
http://hubpages.com/animals/Fruit-Bat
Fruit Bat Started the Ebola Crisis - Dailymail

A team of researchers believe that they have identified the source of the disease - a toddler ear the village of Meliandoua in remote eastern Guinea. The findings will be published soon.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2733122/Ebola-outbreak-sweeping-West-Africa-started-two-year-old-boy-infected-fruit-bat-say-researchers.html
What is a Fruit Bat? - NPS

Fruit Bats Are Our Friends - National Park of American Samoa (U.S. National Park Service)
https://www.nps.gov/npsa/learn/education/classrooms/fruit-bats-are-our-friends.htm
Megabat - The New World Encyclopedia

Fruit bats are frugivorous or nectarivorous, in other words, they eat fruits or lick nectar from flowers.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Megabat
Learn About Nature - Fruit Bats

Fruit bats are some of the most popular bats in the world- they are furry, cute mammals and do not inspire the fear that some people have of bats.
http://www.about-bats.com/fruit-bats.html
Fruit Bat Information For Kids! - NWF

With its long nose, pointy ears, and big eyes, fruit bats look different than others.
https://www.nwf.org/Kids/Ranger-Rick/Animals/Mammals/Fruit-Bats.aspx

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Megabat

Megabat species of different subfamilies; from top-left, clockwise: greater short-nosed fruit bat, Indian flying fox, straw-coloured fruit bat, Egyptian fruit bat.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Suborder:	Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily:	Pteropodoidea
Family:	Pteropodidae Gray, 1821
Type genus
Pteropus Brisson, 1762
Subfamilies
Nyctimeninae Cynopterinae Harpyionycterinae Pteropodinae Rousettinae Eidolinae

Distribution of megabats
Synonyms
Pteropidae (Gray, 1821)^[1] Pteropodina C. L. Bonaparte, 1837^[1]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Megabat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera, and its only family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabat
Golden-capped Fruit Bat - Acerodon jubatus - ARKive

Learn more about the Golden-capped fruit bat - with amazing Golden-capped fruit bat photos and facts on ARKive
http://www.arkive.org/golden-capped-fruit-bat/acerodon-jubatus/
EDGE - Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Bulmer's fruit bat is the largest bat species to roost in caves. It is predominantly nocturnal and, like other fruit bats, relies on sight rather than echolocation to navigate.
http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=33
Fruit Bat Description, Anatomy, and Evolution - Batworlds

The Fruit Bat falls into the category of the Megabat and sometimes they are called the Flying Fox in some locations.
http://www.batworlds.com/fruit-bat/
Fruit Bat - Interesting Facts - Hubpages

Fruit Bat Information, Anatomy, Feeding, Communication, Reproduction, Predators, Echolocation and Fruit Bat Conservation.
http://hubpages.com/animals/Fruit-Bat
Fruit Bat Started the Ebola Crisis - Dailymail

A team of researchers believe that they have identified the source of the disease - a toddler ear the village of Meliandoua in remote eastern Guinea. The findings will be published soon.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2733122/Ebola-outbreak-sweeping-West-Africa-started-two-year-old-boy-infected-fruit-bat-say-researchers.html
What is a Fruit Bat? - NPS

Fruit Bats Are Our Friends - National Park of American Samoa (U.S. National Park Service)
https://www.nps.gov/npsa/learn/education/classrooms/fruit-bats-are-our-friends.htm
Megabat - The New World Encyclopedia

Fruit bats are frugivorous or nectarivorous, in other words, they eat fruits or lick nectar from flowers.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Megabat
Learn About Nature - Fruit Bats

Fruit bats are some of the most popular bats in the world- they are furry, cute mammals and do not inspire the fear that some people have of bats.
http://www.about-bats.com/fruit-bats.html
Fruit Bat Information For Kids! - NWF

With its long nose, pointy ears, and big eyes, fruit bats look different than others.
https://www.nwf.org/Kids/Ranger-Rick/Animals/Mammals/Fruit-Bats.aspx

Megabat

Megabat species of different subfamilies; from top-left, clockwise: greater short-nosed fruit bat, Indian flying fox, straw-coloured fruit bat, Egyptian fruit bat.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Suborder:	Yinpterochiroptera
Superfamily:	Pteropodoidea
Family:	Pteropodidae Gray, 1821
Type genus
Pteropus Brisson, 1762
Subfamilies
Nyctimeninae Cynopterinae Harpyionycterinae Pteropodinae Rousettinae Eidolinae

Distribution of megabats
Synonyms
Pteropidae (Gray, 1821)^[1] Pteropodina C. L. Bonaparte, 1837^[1]

Source : Wikipedia under CC-BY-SA license

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Fruit bats, also called Megabats, belong to the family Pteropodidae, which encompasses 7 subfamilies and numerous species. These bats are nectarivorous or frugivorous and generally have long, foxlike muzzles.

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