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Tailless fruit bat

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The tailless fruit bat (Megaerops ecaudatus) is a fruit bat of the family Pteropodidae that lives in primary forest and open habitat from Thailand and Vietnam through Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra to Borneo, where it has been recorded in Sabah, Sarawak, Brunei and Kalimantan. Individuals have been found in lowland primary forest at Poring in Sabah and Taleban in Thailand and in the Bario highland and the Balui secondary forest in Sarawak. One specimen was taken from a canopy net about 30 metres above the ground and another at 1,100 metres elevation in the Bario uplands. In the Cameron Highlands of Peninsular Malaysia, females were pregnant in February through March and in June, and females with suckling young were seen in November. The Wikipedia list of pteropodids gives its IUCN status as least concern.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteropodidae, Taxa
Source Tailless fruit bat (Wikipedia)
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Source Tailless fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Brunei
Quote, Distribution, Brunei
M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Tailless fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Peninsular Malaysia
Quote, Distribution, Peninsular Malaysia
M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Tailless fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Sumatra
Quote, Distribution, Sumatra
M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Tailless fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Thailand
Quote, Distribution, Thailand
M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Tailless fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, Vietnam
Quote, Distribution, Vietnam
M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.
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 Megaerops ecaudatus (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
    3804 Megaerops ecaudatus Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 20 0 0 Ref_3 D2 Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 24.67 Ref_117 1
  • MamFuncDat.txt, row Megaerops ecaudatus (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
    3804 Megaerops ecaudatus Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 20 0 0 Ref_3 D2 Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 24.67 Ref_117 1
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2. Tailless fruit bat (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution, Peninsular Malaysia
    M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.
  • Distribution, Sumatra
    M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.
  • Distribution, Brunei
    M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.
  • Distribution, Vietnam
    M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.
  • Distribution, Thailand
    M. ecaudatus ranges in the primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra; Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau, and Tenom in Sabah; Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei; Bario in Sarawak; to Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan.
  • Article text, habitat
    Individuals have been found in the lowland primary forest at Poring in Sabah and Taleban in Thailand, Bario highland and secondary forest of Balui, both in Sarawak.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
    The tailless fruit bat (Megaerops ecaudatus) is a species of fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    The tailless fruit bat (Megaerops ecaudatus) is a species of fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae.
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432920: species profile of Megaerops ecaudatus
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
Quote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
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4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432920: IUCN Red List category of Megaerops ecaudatus
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
Quote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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