Small-toothed Fruit Bat

About this species

The small-toothed fruit bat or small-toothed flying fox (Neopteryx frosti) belongs to megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only species within the genus Neopteryx. Bergmans and Rozendaal (1988) gave the measurements of 3 new specimens of N. frosti as well as the holotype details as given by Hayman (1946). The holotype is a female (adult, BMNH 40.691.k) and the 3 new specimens presented in the study are known as : RMNH 34939 (adult female), RMNH 34940 (adult male, and the one pictured on this page) and ZMA 22.770 (an immature male). (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is known only from two localities on Sulawesi island. Its natural habitat is subtropical and tropical dry forests. Forearm length ranged from 110 to 110.6 mm in the holotype and female 34939 while it measured 104.9 mm in the adult male (34940) and 96.1 mm in the immature male (ZMA 22.770). The RMNH adults (34939, pregnant female; 34940, male) weighed 250 g and 190 g respectively. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Description: Wildlife of sulawesi guide, Wildlife of Everywhere (wildlifeofeverywhere.com); general species information paraphrased from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)