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large flying fox

Pteropus vampyrus

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Large Flying Fox
Pteropus vampyrus Large Flying Fox


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4 Comments

Apple
Apple 12 years ago

You should add him to the bat mission at http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/6543...

Bong Ambutong
Bong Ambutong 12 years ago

Hi Nabeel, thanks for the ID, Gordon thanks for the suggestion, very much appreciated, Hi Sachin thanks for the guidance, will be edited on the spotting category, have a good day my friends.

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Bat should be Categorized as Mammals and there is also mission for Bat
"Bat Monitoring Project"

Gordon Dietzman
Gordon Dietzman 12 years ago

This looks very much like the flying fox bats I found in Vietnam. It might be either Pteropus vampyrus or Pteropus hypomelanus, probably the former rather than the latter based upon the location. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bat... for other options.

Bong Ambutong
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Bong Ambutong

Sabah, Malaysia

Spotted on Dec 18, 2011
Submitted on Dec 19, 2011

Spotted for Mission

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