Ryukyu flying fox, Ryukyu fruit bat (Pteropus dasymallus) A huge bat species found on several East Asian islands.
Date 20 October 2011, 12:31:52
Source Flickr: Ryukyu Flying Fox
Author KCZooFan http://www.flickr.com/people/58624124@N06
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ryukyu_Flying_Fox.jpg
The Ryukyu flying fox or Ryukyu fruit bat (Pteropus dasymallus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Japan, Taiwan, and the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species: Pteropus dasymallus Temminck, 1825
