Pteropus giganteus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Pteropus
- Species
- Pteropus giganteus
- Scientific Name
- Pteropus giganteus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Indian flying fox
The Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius), also known as the greater Indian fruit bat, is a species of flying fox native to the Indian subcontinent. It is one of the largest bats in the world. It is of interest as a disease vector, as it is capable of transmitting several viruses to humans. It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on ripe fruits, such as mangoes and bananas, and nectar. This species is often regarded as vermin due to its destructive tendencies towards fruit farms, but the benefits of its pollination and seed propagation often outweigh the impacts of its fruit consumption.
...Pteropus giganteus in languages:
- Bokmål
- Badul
- Czech
- kaloň indický
- Dutch
- Indische Reuzenkalong
- Dutch
- Vliegende Vos
- English
- Indian Flying Fox
- English
- Indian Flying-fox
- Finnish
- kaljulenkko
- French
- Chauve-souris géante d'Inde
- French
- Renard volant d'Inde
- German
- Indischer Riesenflughund
- Italian
- Volpe volante indiana
- Japanese
- インドオオコウモリ
- Modern Greek
- Ινδική Ιπτάμενη Αλεπού
- Russian
- Индийская летучая лисица
- Sinhala
- මා වවුලා
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
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- Pteropus aldabrensis
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- Pteropus caniceps
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- Pteropus cognatus
- Pteropus conspicillatus
- Pteropus coxi
- Pteropus dasymallus
- Pteropus ennisae
- Pteropus faunulus
- Pteropus fundatus
- Pteropus giganteus
- Pteropus gilliardorum
- Pteropus griseus
- Pteropus howensis
- Pteropus hypomelanus
- Pteropus intermedius
- Pteropus keyensis
- Pteropus livingstonii
- Pteropus lombocensis
- Pteropus loochoensis
- Pteropus lylei
- Pteropus macrotis
- Pteropus mahaganus
- Pteropus mariannus
- Pteropus melanopogon
- Pteropus melanotus
- Pteropus molossinus
- Pteropus neohibernicus
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- Pteropus nitendiensis
- Pteropus ocularis
- Pteropus ornatus
- Pteropus pelagicus
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- Pteropus personatus
- Pteropus pilosus
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- Pteropus seychellensis
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- Pteropus subniger
- Pteropus temminckii
- Pteropus tokudae
- Pteropus tonganus
- Pteropus tuberculatus
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