The pygmy fruit bat (Aethalops alecto), also called the grey fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is a montane animal, confined to forest above about 1,000 metres in Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java, and recorded in Borneo on Mount Kinabalu and in the Crocker Range in Sabah and at Gunung Mulu and Bario in Sarawak. Three specimens were collected in April 1995 from the Bario highlands in Sarawak. Breeding records from Lombok in October and from Peninsular Malaysia in February and May, together with Medway's 1978 note that the breeding period runs from February to June, suggest that females give birth over several months of the year. The Wikipedia list of pteropodids gives its IUCN status as least concern, with a declining population.
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Source Pygmy fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, JavaQuote, Distribution, Java
A. alecto is confined to montane forest above 1000 m from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.
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Source Pygmy fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Peninsular MalaysiaQuote, Distribution, Peninsular Malaysia
A. alecto is confined to montane forest above 1000 m from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.
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Source Pygmy fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, SumatraQuote, Distribution, Sumatra
A. alecto is confined to montane forest above 1000 m from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.
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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 Aethalops alecto (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3673 Aethalops alecto Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 30 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 15 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt, row Aethalops alecto (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3673 Aethalops alecto Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 70 30 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 15 Ref_117 1
View the Source 2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432974: species profile of Aethalops alecto
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfilesQuote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
View the Source 3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432974: IUCN Red List category of Aethalops alecto
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategoryQuote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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Distribution, Peninsular Malaysia
A. alecto is confined to montane forest above 1000 m from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.
Distribution, Sumatra
A. alecto is confined to montane forest above 1000 m from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.
Distribution, Java
A. alecto is confined to montane forest above 1000 m from Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.
Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
The pygmy fruit bat (Aethalops alecto), also known as the grey fruit bat, is a species of megabat.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The pygmy fruit bat (Aethalops alecto), also known as the grey fruit bat, is a species of megabat.
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