Fruit-eating bats, unlike other bats, are diurnal, which means that they are awake during the day and asleep during the night. They have an excellent sense of smell, they rely on their nose to find their way around because fruit bats don't use echolocation.
The largest fruit bats can reach a wingspan of more than 1m and weigh about 1.6kg while the smallest can be just 6cm long!
Fruit bats are key elements in the ecosystems they live in as they help pollinate flowers and spread the seeds of different kinds of plants.
These fruit bats live in the mangroves because they are a great source of different kinds of fruits for them to eat and different types of plants and flowers which provide them with nectar, which they also eat. That's why the cutting of the forests is considered to be one of their main threats.
We are currently unaware of how any of these bats there are on the island, that's why it is vital to encourage more research to be conducted on this island about this species.
More Info:
Learn All about Fruit bats.
ICUN Red List Solitary fruit-Eating Bat
Megabat Wikipedia
Note: The picture displayed above is that of one of the close relatives of the Artibeus Incomitatus, seeing as there is not enough information on the species, there are no actual images available.
The largest fruit bats can reach a wingspan of more than 1m and weigh about 1.6kg while the smallest can be just 6cm long!
Fruit bats are key elements in the ecosystems they live in as they help pollinate flowers and spread the seeds of different kinds of plants.
These fruit bats live in the mangroves because they are a great source of different kinds of fruits for them to eat and different types of plants and flowers which provide them with nectar, which they also eat. That's why the cutting of the forests is considered to be one of their main threats.
We are currently unaware of how any of these bats there are on the island, that's why it is vital to encourage more research to be conducted on this island about this species.
More Info:
Learn All about Fruit bats.
ICUN Red List Solitary fruit-Eating Bat
Megabat Wikipedia
Note: The picture displayed above is that of one of the close relatives of the Artibeus Incomitatus, seeing as there is not enough information on the species, there are no actual images available.