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Short-nosed Fruit Bats

Cynopterus

Short-nosed fruit bats are small, friendly bats that love to eat fruits! They help plants grow by spreading seeds as they fly around at night.

Lebensraum: Forests

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The Short-nosed Fruit Bat has soft, brownish-grey fur, often with a yellowish or orange collar around the neck in males. It features a dog-like face with large, dark eyes and a distinctively short, pointed muzzle. Its ears are simple and dark, and it typically lacks a visible tail.

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Short-nosed Fruit Bats
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Short-nosed Fruit Bats

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Instead of echolocating like many bats, these fruit bats use their big eyes to see in the dark!

Short-nosed fruit bats can eat up to 50% of their body weight in fruit every single night!

Some short-nosed fruit bats will even build temporary 'tents' by folding large leaves for shelter!

They are sometimes called 'nature's gardeners' because they help spread seeds for new plants to grow!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Fruit Finder

Short-nosed Fruit Bats can find ripe fruits in the dark because of their super sense of smell.

Fähigkeit

Night Navigator

Short-nosed Fruit Bats have large eyes that help them see very well in low light, guiding their night flights.

Fähigkeit

Seed Spreader

Short-nosed Fruit Bats help rainforests grow by carrying fruit away and dropping the seeds far from the parent plant.

Maße und Details

Länge
7-12 cm
Flügelspannweite
30-45 cm
Gewicht
0.02-0.07 kg
Lebenserwartung
5-10 Jahre
Top Speed
35 km/h
Wurfgröße
1-2
Tragzeit
100-120 Tage

Ernährung und Fütterung

These bats love to munch on sweet, juicy fruits, nectar, and pollen.

Hauptnahrung

  • Mangoes
  • Guavas
  • Bananas
  • Papayas
  • Nectar
  • Pollen

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eats

Mango

Mangifera indica

They consume the ripe fruit pulp.

eats

Guava

Psidium guajava

They are important dispersers of guava seeds.

pollinates

Wild Banana

Musa acuminata

They visit flowers for nectar and pollen.

eaten by

Reticulated Python

Python reticulatus

Pythons can prey on roosting bats.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

2/5 · Gering

Bats are wild animals. It's best to watch them from a distance and not try to touch them.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Short-nosed Fruit Bats?

7-12 cm

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Short-nosed Fruit Bats?

30-45 cm

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Short-nosed Fruit Bats?

0.02-0.07 kg

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Short-nosed Fruit Bats?

5-10 Jahre

Was ist der/die/das top Speed von Short-nosed Fruit Bats?

35 km/h

Was frisst Short-nosed Fruit Bats?

These bats love to munch on sweet, juicy fruits, nectar, and pollen.

Wo findet man Short-nosed Fruit Bats normalerweise?

Forests

Wie jagt Short-nosed Fruit Bats?

Foraging

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