Mammals of the WorldBrooks's Dayak Fruit Bat
Dyacopterus brooksi
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Dyacopterus
- IUCN status
- VU
- Distribution
- Indonesia
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Brooks's Fruit Bat
About this species
- Size
- Forearm 81–83mm
- Weight
- Genus Dyacopterus: under 150g
- Habitat
- Mature and secondary lowland forest
- Range
- Endemic to Indonesia: Sumatra, possibly Kalimantan
Brooks's dyak fruit bat is a megabat endemic to Indonesia, found on Sumatra and possibly Kalimantan. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the dayak fruit bat. The forearm is 81–83 mm, and the genus Dyacopterus has small to medium fruit bats weighing under 150 g, with a short tail, grayish-brown fur on the back and silvery-gray fur on the belly (Wikipedia, general species account).
Its habitat preferences are poorly understood, but it has been found in mature and secondary lowland forest (Wikipedia, general species account).
Description: Wildlife of Sumatra guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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