Acerodon

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Acerodon
Golden crowned fruit bat (A. jubatus)

Golden crowned fruit bat ( A. jubatus )

Systematics
Subclass : Higher mammals (Eutheria)
Superordinate : Laurasiatheria
Order : Bats (chiroptera)
Family : Fruit bats (Pteropodidae)
Tribe : Actual fruit bats (Pteropodini)
Genre : Acerodon
Scientific name
Acerodon
Jourdan , 1837

Acerodon is a genus in the family bats with five species in Southeast Asia occur.

A distinction is made between the following types.

  • Sulawesi fruit bat ( Acerodon celebensis ) lives on Sulawesi and on smaller islands in the same region. It is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN .
  • Talaud flying fox ( Acerodon humilis ) is only known from the islands of Karakelong and Salebabu ( Talaud Islands ). The species is endangered .
  • Golden crowned fruit bat ( Acerodon jubatus ) occurs in the Philippines (not on Palawan). He is also in great danger.
  • Palawan fruit bat ( Acerodon leucotis ) can be found on Palawan and smaller islands north of it. It is considered to be endangered ( Vulnerable ).
  • Sunda fruit bat ( Acerodon mackloti ) lives on several islands east of Java , including Timor . The species is listed as endangered.

These flying foxes are very similar to the genus Pteropus and differ from them in the structure of their teeth. The head-body length is 18 to 29 cm and a tail is missing. The smallest species ( A. mackloti ) weighs 450 to 565 g and the largest species ( A. jubatus ) weighs 750 to 1150 g. The wingspan of Acerodon jubatus can be 1.5 to 1.7 m. The fur of these animals is orange, brown or black in color, sometimes with shades of red or yellow.

Acerodon rest in tall trees and fly 10 to 15 km to the feeding grounds every night. The diet consists of figs and other fruits. During longer flights, smaller groups usually form, but when foraging for food, dominant specimens defend their forage trees from other species.

Females presumably reach sexual maturity after two years and give birth to one young per litter.

These flying foxes are mainly threatened by deforestation and, depending on the species, they are hunted to different degrees by humans.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilson & Reeder (eds.): Mammal Species of the World . 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 (English, Acerodon ).
  2. ↑ a b Acerodon in the IUCN 2012 Red List of Threatened Species . Accessed January 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b c d Nowak, RM (1999) p. 271/72 Google books

Reference literature

  • Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. 2 volumes. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .

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