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fruit bat

NOUN
  1. large Old World bat of warm and tropical regions that feeds on fruit

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  • In the case of the fruit bats, the bats are crucial for dispersing the seeds contained within the fruits.
  • Lowland Greater Mindanao is home to endangered mammals also found in other parts of the Philippines, including the golden-capped fruit bat (Acerodon jubatus) and the mottle-winged flying-fox (Pteropus leucopterus) (found on Luzon and Dinagat). Mindanao-Eastern Visayas rain forests
  • Another reader said hanging Christmas tinsel or aluminium foil strips in trees where fruit bats feed also works well.
  • Fruit bats are thought to carry the disease. The Sun
  • Bushbabies in the branches, fruit bats munching in the mango trees, a night-time lullaby of sea on sand — magic. Times, Sunday Times
  • [Dr. Mundita] Lim said a team from the Comparative Biogeography and Conservation of Philippine Vertebrates (CBCPV) project conducted an expedition in Mindoro Occidental early last year that led to the discovery of the new fruit bat species, which has been named as the 'Mindoro Stripe-Faced Fruitbat' for its striking facial features and the island on which it was found. Archive 2007-09-01
  • Fruit bats in the Cayman Islands are considered to be crop pests and information is available from the National Trust to help farmers to protect their sweetsops and other soft-skinned fruits.
  • That was followed by a couple dozen entries that fell for the testes gambit, and only one curiosity seeker who chose "lactation" - guess everyone knew about the fruit bats. Jezebel
  • The Fruit bat in Philippines looks like fox.
  • There were at least two native mammals in the ecoregion, the Critically Endangered Bonin fruit bat (Pteropus pselaphon), and now Extinct vespertilionid bat Pipistrellus sturdeei. Ogasawara subtropical moist forests
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