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Greater short-nosed fruit bat
Species of bat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The greater short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus sphinx), or short-nosed Indian fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found in South and Southeast Asia.
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Greater short-nosed fruit bat | |
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Hanging over foliage palm in Mangaon, Maharashtra | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Cynopterus |
Species: | C. sphinx |
Binomial name | |
Cynopterus sphinx (Vahl, 1797) | |
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Greater short-nosed fruit bat range |
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