The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Pteropus

(fruit bats or flying foxes), a genus of bats of the suborder Megachiroptera. These bats are relatively large; for example, the body length of the kalonga (Pteropus vampyrus) reaches 40 cm, with a wingspread of 1.4 m. Tails are absent, the nose is pointed, and the ears are small. The head is generally similar to that of a dog or fox. There are approximately 40 species, distributed in southern and southeastern Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Oceania, and Madagascar. They feed on fruit juices and pulps, as well as on flowers that are rich in nectar and pollen. In some places these bats are harmful garden pests. Their meat is edible. The name “flying foxes” is sometimes used for all the Megachiroptera.

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

Pteropus poliocephalus and Ninox strenua are both listed under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

A community-based biodiversity survey in the parks and reserves of eastern and south-eastern Melbourne--results and perspective: Fauna Survey Group Contribution No. 29

Depth Species Number (m) Location Illex coindetii 1 Surface Naples, Mediterranean Coast of Italy Sthenoteuthis 1 22-32 Tropical eastern Atlantic pteropus 3[degrees] S 6[degrees] 30' W Nototodarus gouldi 9 10-30 Poor Knights Islands, Bay of Islands, New Zealand Dosidicus gigas 1 16 Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, bottom depth [approximately equal to] 1,800 m 6 9-14 Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California, bottom depth [approximately equal to] 2,000 m Unidentified 1 22 Fethiye, Mediterranean Coast (Ommastrephes of Turkey bartramii?) Species Number Source Illex coindetii 1 Naef (1928) identified by von Boletzky et al.

Egg masses of flying squids (cephalopoda: ommastrephidae)

2010: Growth, bimaturation, and sexual size dimorphism in wild grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus polioCephalus).

Seasonal variations of sexual size dimorphism in two Mediterranean bat species from Tunisia: the Kuhl's pipistrelle (Pipistrellus kuhlii) and the Isabelline serotine (Eptesicus isabellinus)

Reproductive seasonality and the effect of the GnRH agonist deslorelin as a contraceptive in captive male black flying-foxes (Pteropus alecto).

Use of deslorelin acetate implants to mitigate aggression in two adult male domestic turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) and correlating plasma testosterone concentrations

En Australia se detectaron anticuerpos circulantes anti leptospiras en 173 murcielagos frugivoros Pteropus spp, aislandose Leptospira sp.

Deteccion de leptospiras patogenas en tejido renal de murcielagos de Corrientes, Argentina

2009) including short nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx) the Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) the Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) and the fulvous fruit bat (Rousettus leschenaulti).

MORPHOMETRICS OF FULVOUS FRUIT BAT (ROUSETTUS LESCHENAULTI) FROM LAHORE PAKISTAN\By: M. Shahbaz A. Javid T. Javed M. Mahmood-ul-Hassan and S.M. Hussain

Four main species of flying-foxes make up the Australian contingent: Black Flying-fox (Pteropus Alecto), Grey-headed Flying-fox (P poliocephalus), Little Red Flying-fox (P scapulatus), and Spectacled Flying-fox (P conspicillatus).

The goodness of flying-foxes

SEM study on the dorsal lingual surface of the large flying fox, Pteropus vampyrus.

Histological study of tongue in insectivore bat (Rhinopoma hardwickii)

Although possible causal agents such as equine mediation, contaminated feed and other domestic, feral or native animals were suggested by CSIRO and a range of animal species including rodents, marsupials, birds, amphibians and insects were tested from areas where HeV was isolated, confirmation that antibodies to HeV were found only in fruit bats belonging to the genus Pteropus did not occur until 1996 (Field et al., 2012).

Bat virus downunder: the Hendra virus and its relationship to native fruit bats, horses and humans--learning and teaching opportunities for classroom practice

The first human outbreaks of Nipah virus, harboured by fruit bats (Pteropus spp.), occurred in Malaysia in late 1998, causing > 100 human deaths (Epstein et al.

Understanding and managing zoonotic risk in the new livestock industries

The Pteropus bats (fruit bats) are mainly thought as the reservoir for this virus.

Emerging and re-emerging arboviral diseases in southeast Asia