The spotted-winged fruit bat (Balionycteris maculata) is the smallest megabat in the world, with a head and body length of 5.2 to 6.2 centimetres and a body weight of around 13 grams. Its thick fur is blackish brown above and pale grey-brown below, and its dark brown wings carry pale cream spots that are clearest at the joints. It lives in primary rain forest up to 1,500 metres and in coastal mangrove forest across Malaysia, Brunei, northern and western Borneo, and at the edges of its range in southern Thailand, a small part of Sumatra and the Riau Archipelago. It forages alone in the understory for small fruit such as figs and persimmon and for some insects and spiders, and roosts in the root masses of epiphytic ferns and in ant and termite nests, sometimes partly excavating them.
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It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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1. Animal Diversity Web (University of Michigan Museum of Zoology): Animal Diversity Web: Balionycteris maculata
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
Behavior Although mostly nocturnal, some of these bats have been seen during the day.
Economic Importance for Humans: Negative
Negative Impacts crop pest
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Lead, Brunei
It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Lead, Indonesia
It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Lead, Malaysia
It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Lead, Thailand
It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
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It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
The spotted-winged fruit bat (Balionycteris maculata) is the smallest megabat in the world.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The spotted-winged fruit bat (Balionycteris maculata) is the smallest megabat in the world.
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Distribution and habitat
Spotted-winged fruit bats inhabit primary rain forest up to 1,500 metres
In Biome: Mangrove Forest, Distribution and habitat, mangrove
and coastal mangrove forests
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"extinct": false
4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432945: IUCN Red List category of Balionycteris maculata
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"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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