The Indian flying fox

Description:

It is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Also known as the greater Indian fruit bat, it lives in mainly forests. It is a very large bat with a wing span of between 1.2 and 1.5 m (3 ft 10 in and 4 ft 10 in). It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on ripe fruits such as mangoes and bananas and nectar. This bat is gregarious and lives in colonies which can number a few hundred. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_flyi...)

Notes:

An old and huge tamarind tree in the backyard of a temple dedicated to Mariyamman (Parvati) houses over two hundred of these.