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Lesser short-nosed fruit bat

Mammals

The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a small megabat of the family Pteropodidae that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It weighs 21 to 32 grams and measures 70 to 127 millimetres, and is brown to yellowish brown with a brighter collar that is dark orange in adult males and yellowish in females. It has a fox-like face, large dark eyes, two pairs of lower incisors and white edges to the ears and wing bones. It occurs in many habitats but most often in disturbed forest, including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rain forest, and also in gardens, mangroves and beach vegetation. It is frugivorous, prefers aromatic fruit such as mango, and also takes nectar and pollen. Nine subspecies are recognised and its lifespan is about 20 to 30 years.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
Population Trend
Stable 2
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Threats
Biological Resource Use 2
Relationship to People
Agricultural or Structural Pest 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Lifespan
20 1
Lifespan
30 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteropodidae, Taxa
Source Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Mangrove Forest, Biomes
Source Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

South Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Wikipedia)Lead, South Asia
Quote, Lead, South Asia
It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Wikipedia)Lead, Southeast Asia
Quote, Lead, Southeast Asia
It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology): Animal Diversity Web: Cynopterus brachyotis
Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)
  • Conservation Status
    CITES No special status
  • Food Habits, Primary Diet
    Primary Diet herbivore herbivore frugivore frugivore
  • Behavior
    Key Behaviors flies nocturnal nocturnal motile motile sedentary sedentary solitary solitary social social Home Range The home range size for these animals has not been reported.
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
    Negative Impacts crop pest
  • Lifespan/Longevity, lower bound
    Cynopterus brachyotis lives about 20 to 30 years.
  • Lifespan/Longevity, upper bound
    Cynopterus brachyotis lives about 20 to 30 years.
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2. Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, South Asia
    It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
  • Lead, Southeast Asia
    It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
  • Article text, population
    Lesser short-nosed fruit bats are designated a least-concern species by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) because the population is widely distributed, stable and still abundant.
  • Article text, threats
    The animals are being hunted for medical purposes, as reported in ICZN 2006.
  • Article text, habitat
    It occurs in many types of habitat, but most frequently in disturbed forest, including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rain forest, plus gardens, mangroves, and vegetation on beaches.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
    The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae.
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Lead, rain forest
    including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rain forest, plus gardens, mangroves, and vegetation on beaches
  • In Biome: Mangrove Forest, Lead, mangroves
    including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rain forest, plus gardens, mangroves, and vegetation on beaches
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432837: species profile of Cynopterus brachyotis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
Quote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
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4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432837: IUCN Red List category of Cynopterus brachyotis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
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"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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