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That's an Old World fruit bat (familiy Pteropodidae) rather than a New World fruit bat (family Phyllostomidae, to which Artibeus jamaicensis belongs).
Absolutely brilliant!
Definitely a tomb bat (Taphozous sp.) but there are a bunch of species occuring in Gujarat and I'm not familiar with the bats of India:
www.inaturalist.org/places/gujarat?utf8=...
Nice spotting! Please consider adding this to the Bats of Africa mission:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2464...
Please consider adding this to the Bats of Africa mission
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2464...
Probably a horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus sp).
Brilliant footage! It seems to have the front legs spread out in order to catch any potential prey item while it's moving around.
Please consider adding this to the Bats of Africa mission
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2464...