Mammals of the WorldTemminck's Tailless Fruit Bat
Megaerops ecaudatus
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Megaerops
- IUCN status
- LC
- Distribution
- India?|Thailand|Malaysia|Indonesia|Brunei
- Realm
- Indomalaya
Other names: Sunda Tailless Fruit Bat|Temminck's Fruit Bat
About this species
- Habitat
- Primary forest, secondary forest and open habitat; lowlands to mountains
- Range
- Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo
The tailless fruit bat is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae. The cached account describes mainly collection records: individuals found in lowland primary forest at Poring in Sabah and in Thailand, in the Bario highlands and the secondary forest of Balui in Sarawak, and one netted in the canopy about 30 m above the ground (Wikipedia, general species account).
It ranges in primary forest and open habitat from Thailand, Vietnam, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra to Kinabalu, Danum, Tawau and Tenom in Sabah, Temburong and Tasik Merimbun in Brunei, Bario in Sarawak, and Kapuas and Kutai in Kalimantan. It gives no description, diet or breeding information.
Description: Wildlife of Malaysia guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)