large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) Original caption: "Fig. 18. Der Kalong. (Pteropus edulis., Geoffr.)". Translation (partly): "Large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus)". Size: 4.5 x 4.6 in² (11.5 x 11.6 cm²)
Date 1876
Source Illustrierter Leitfaden der Naturgeschichte des Thierreiches, 1876
Author T. F. Zimmermann. K.A. v. W. Aarland
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalong2-drawing.jpg
The large flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus), also known as the greater flying fox, Malayan flying fox, Malaysian flying fox, large fruit bat, kalang or kalong, is a southeast Asian species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. The large flying fox ranges from Malay Peninsula, to the Philippines in the east and Indonesian Archipelago of Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Timor in the south.
