Comparative macro- and micro-anatomy of stomachs of macroglossine bats (Megachiroptera:
Pteropodidae).
Interactions between the grey-headed flying fox Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera:
Pteropodidae) and its diet plants-seasonal movements and seed dispersal.
Pteropodidae [Rousettus aegyptiacus (Geoffroy, 1810)]
Few species of Phyllostomid bats have been kept captive by zoological gardens and research centers so far in comparison with species of
Pteropodidae (e.g.
Torpy, 'Daytime Behaviour of the Grey-Headed Flying Fox Pteropus Poliocephalus Temminck (
Pteropodidae: Megachiroptera) at an Autumn/Winter Roost', Australian Mammalogy, 28 (2006).
A new eastern limit of the Pacific Flying Fox,
Pteropodidae Pteropus tonganus, (Chiroptera:
Pteropodidae), in prehistoric Polynesia: A case of possible human transport and extirpation.
The study sample consists of skeletons of 10 extant bat species (N = 2-11, Families
Pteropodidae, Phyllostomidae, and Vespertilionidae).
Also in the exhibit were 19 Egyptian fruit bats (
Pteropodidae: Rousettus aegyptiacus), which is one of the few megachiropteran bat species that echolocates (peak frequency = 20-40 kHz [von Herbert 1985 as referenced in Holland et al.
Flying foxes (Chiroptera,
Pteropodidae)--threatened animals of key ecological and economic importance.
They are members of the suborder Megachiroptera and the family
Pteropodidae. There are 60 recognized species in the genus Pteropus.
In Queensland blossom bats (
Pteropodidae: Syconycteris australis), two different kinds of pollen were excreted in different fashions: Callistemon grains were excreted almost completely in the first excretion, whereas the first excretion of Banksia grains contained only 60-70% of the total number of grains ingested (Law 1992a).
You aren't (always) what you eat: evolution of nectar-feeding among old world fruitbats (Megachiraptera:
Pteropodidae).