TaxonomyKingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Chiroptera

Suborder: Megachiroptera

Family: PteropodidaeFlying Foxes or Old World Fruit Bats

Genera: 42

Species: 186

Distribution

Biome Location

Natural HistoryPteropodidaeOld World Fruit Bats (Flying Foxes)

Habitat: Tropical and Sub-Tropical

Smaller Sized: 6 cm (2.4 in) long

Larger Sized : Wingspan of 1.7 m (5.6 ft) and weighing up to 1.6 kg (3.5 lb)

Physical Characteristics:- No Echolocation for Most- Large Eyes- Claw on Index Finger- Ears

Lifespan: 30 Years

Predators:- Birds of Prey- Snakes and Large Lizards- Some Carnivorous Mammals

DietFrugivorous and/or Nectarivorous

Food Sources:- Fruits- Flowers and/or Flower

Products- Seeds/Insects

Fruit Eating/Foraging Tools :- Large Flat Grinding Teeth- Claw on Index Finger

Flower & Nectar Eating/Foraging Tools :- Small Teeth- Elongated Muzzle- Lighter Jaw- Long Tongues

Migration for Food:- Synchronous Fruiting- Aynchronous Fruiting

LocomotionModes:

- Flight (primary)- Roosting- Crawling

Ability/Importance of Roosting:- Tendons- Valve- Escape

ReproductionType: Eutherian

Sexual Maturity: 1-2 Years

Gestation Period:- 4-6 Month- Delayed Development

Lactation Period: 4-6 Months (1 Year)

Dayak Fruit Bat

ICP Purpose Educational PurposeImportance of Fruit Bats/Fun Facts

Pros & Cons(Pollination, Disease, Invasive Plants)

“Science of Survival”

Animal Discovery focuses on the unique adaptations of diverse species.

Conservation of Fruit BatsThe IUCN Red List (2008) Threatened Fruit Bat Species

- 5 as Recently Extinct- 10 as Critically Endangered- 19 as Endangered- 15 as Near Threatened- 39 as Vulnerable

This is nearly half of all Fruit Bats

Fun Fact Q & A- What do you call a group of bats? Male/Female? Young?- Can Fruit Bats use tools?- Are Fruit Bats primarily clean or dirty animals?

Works Citedhttp://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/Pteropodidae/

http://www2r.biglobe.ne.jp/~fruitbat/world/distributione.htm

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/chiroptera

http://batconservation.webs.com/batfacts.htm

http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/html/old%20world%20fruit%20bats/chapter%201.html

http://animal.discovery.com/mammals/question668.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megabat

http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/mammals/bat1.htm

http://batconservation.webs.com/batfacts.htm