Close-up of Cynopterus brachyotis (Lesser short-nosed fruit bat)
Date 11 March 2012, 07:54:43
Author AntanO https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:AntanO
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Close-up_of_Cynopterus_brachyotis_(Lesser_short-nosed_fruit_bat).JPG

The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis), also known as the lesser dog-faced fruit bat or common short-nosed fruit bat, is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is a small bat that lives in South and Southeast Asia and Indonesia (Borneo). It weighs between 21 and 32 grams. It occurs in many types of habitat, but most frequently in disturbed forest, including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rainforest, plus gardens, mangroves, and vegetation on beaches.
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Cynopterus
Species: Cynopterus brachyotis (Müller, 1838)