Javan tailless fruit bat
Species of bat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Javan tailless fruit bat (Megaerops kusnotoi) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia.
| Javan Tailless Fruit Bat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Megaerops |
| Species: | M. kusnotoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Megaerops kusnotoi Hill & Boeadi, 1978 | |
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| Javan tailless fruit bat range | |
The consumption of bushmeat, meat from undomesticated animals, is a big ecological problem in Indonesia, and a threat to bat biodiversity. "Locals eat bats at least once a month, but the frequency increases tenfold around Christian holidays. Approximately 500 metric tons of bats are imported from other provinces, with South Sulawesi, Indonesia as the main provider at 38%." These high levels of excessive hunting and consumption of bats has made them become the most endangered species in Indonesia.[2]
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