The black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops) is a megabat of the family Pteropodidae that is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, from sea level up to 1,600 metres. Adults keep a home range of 0.5 to 9.2 hectares and a core feeding area of one to nine trees in flower. It thrives amid human changes to its habitat, and most of these bats now live and feed in the banana trees of privately owned traditional gardens and in cocoa plantations. They feed on the fruit and nectar of giant native bananas and cocoa, collecting nectar by rapidly pumping their long tongues into the flowers. They can weigh up to 63 grams.
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Source Black-bellied fruit bat (Wikipedia)
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Source Black-bellied fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New GuineaQuote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Black-bellied fruit bats are endemic to the subtropical or tropical Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)
EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt, row Melonycteris melanops (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3806 Melonycteris melanops Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 70 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 49.04 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt, row Melonycteris melanops (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3806 Melonycteris melanops Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 70 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 49.04 Ref_117 1
View the Source 2. Black-bellied fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Distribution, Papua New Guinea
Black-bellied fruit bats are endemic to the subtropical or tropical Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea.
Article text, habitat
Most of these bats now live and eat in the banana trees of the privately owned traditional gardens and the cocoa plantations.
Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
The black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops) is a species of order bat in the family Pteropodidae.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops) is a species of order bat in the family Pteropodidae.
View the Source3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432797: species profile of Melonycteris melanops
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfilesQuote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432797: IUCN Red List category of Melonycteris melanops
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategoryQuote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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