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Horsfield's fruit bat

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Horsfield's fruit bat (Cynopterus horsfieldii) is a medium-sized megabat of South East Asia, found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei. It is named for Thomas Horsfield, the American naturalist who presented the type specimen to the British Museum. Adults weigh about 55 to 60 grams and have light-grey to brown fur with a reddish-brown or orange mantle across the shoulders, and white edges to the ears and wing membrane. It lives in lowland habitats from dense primary rain forest to farmland and suburban gardens, and roosts in trees and cave mouths, often cutting leaves into tents. It eats the fruit of strangler figs, Elaeocarpus and Payena and switches to pollen in the dry season. Four subspecies are recognised, and wild individuals have been reported to live at least 31 months.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Frugivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Agricultural or Structural Pest 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Conservation Status
Least Concern 4
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteropodidae, Taxa
Source Horsfield's fruit bat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Tropical Rainforest, Biomes
Source Horsfield's fruit bat (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Brunei

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Quote, Distribution and habitat, Brunei
Horsfield's fruit bat is found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
Indonesia

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Quote, Distribution and habitat, Indonesia
Horsfield's fruit bat is found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
Malaysia

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Quote, Distribution and habitat, Malaysia
Horsfield's fruit bat is found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
Thailand

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Horsfield's fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution and habitat, Thailand
Quote, Distribution and habitat, Thailand
Horsfield's fruit bat is found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology): Animal Diversity Web: Cynopterus horsfieldii
Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)
  • Conservation Status
    CITES No special status
  • Food Habits
    Horsfield's fruit bats are predominately frugivorous, but also consume leaves, flowers and pollen.
  • Behavior
    Key Behaviors flies nocturnal nocturnal motile motile social social Home Range A study located in a secondary rainforest in Malaysia reported the average home range size of Horsfield's fruit bats was 8.
  • Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
    Negative Impacts crop pest
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2. Horsfield's fruit bat (Wikipedia)
  • Distribution and habitat, Thailand
    Horsfield's fruit bat is found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
  • Distribution and habitat, Indonesia
    Horsfield's fruit bat is found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
  • Distribution and habitat, Malaysia
    Horsfield's fruit bat is found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
  • Distribution and habitat, Brunei
    Horsfield's fruit bat is found in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei.
  • Article text, habitat
    Within this region, it inhabits a broad range of lowland habitats, from dense primary rain forest to agricultural land and suburban gardens.
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
    Horsfield's fruit bat (Cynopterus horsfieldii) is a species of megabat native to South East Asia.
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
    Horsfield's fruit bat (Cynopterus horsfieldii) is a species of megabat native to South East Asia.
  • In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitat, rain forest
    it inhabits a broad range of lowland habitats, from dense primary rain forest to agricultural land and suburban gardens
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3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 7261747: species profile of Cynopterus horsfieldii
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
Quote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
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4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 7261747: IUCN Red List category of Cynopterus horsfieldii
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
Quote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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