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Pteropus edwardsii = Pteropus medius (Indian flying fox) [cropped]
Subject: Pteropus edwardsii = Pteropus medius (Indian flying fox) [cropped]
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Pteropus edwardsii - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam - UBA01 IZ20700015.Pteropus medius (Indian flying fox).jpg
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Pteropus edwardsii = Pteropus medius (Indian flying fox) [cropped]


Pteropus edwardsii
Date between 1700 and 1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin name Pteropus edwardsii
New Latin name Pteropus giganteus
Common name Nederlands: Vliegende vos
Source https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pteropus_edwardsii_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ20700015.tif

The Indian flying fox or greater Indian fruit bat (Pteropus medius formerly Pteropus giganteus) is a species of flying fox native to the Indian subcontinent, including in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Tibet, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It is one of the largest bats in the world. It is nocturnal and feeds mainly on ripe fruits, such as mangoes and bananas, and nectar.

Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species: Pteropus medius (Temminck, 1825)
Synonyms

greater flying fox
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