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

Pteropus giganteus (Brünnich, 1782
Pteropus ariel Allen, 1908
Pteropus assamensis McClelland, 1839
Pteropus edwardsi I. Geoffroy, 1828
Pteropus kelaarti Gray, 1871
Pteropus leucocephalus Hodgson, 1835
Pteropus ruvicollis[a] Ogilby, 1840
Vespertilio gigantea Brunnich, 1782