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Great Indian Fruit Bat = Pteropus medius (Indian flying fox)
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Great Indian Fruit Bat = Pteropus medius (Indian flying fox)


Artist Bhawani Das (fl. 1780)
Title Great Indian Fruit Bat
Date circa 1777–82
Medium Pencil, ink, and opaque watercolor on paper
Source/Photographer https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/456949
Source https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Indian_Fruit_Bat_MET_DP167067.jpg

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

Great flying fox
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