megabat

Synonyms:

fruit bat

Types:

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flying fox

large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox

Pteropus capestratus

a variety of fruit bat

Pteropus hypomelanus

a variety of fruit bat

harpy, harpy bat, tube-nosed bat, tube-nosed fruit bat

any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes

Cynopterus sphinx

a variety of fruit eating bat

Type of:

bat, chiropteran

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate