A large fruit-eating bat of Southeast Asia. A tracking study in Malaysia recorded movements across national borders.
It is one of the largest bats and hangs upside down from tree branches.
Malayan Flying Foxes eat fruit, flowers and nectar, hanging upside down from branches. They use tropical forests and swamps in Southeast Asia.
A May 2016 Singapore record describes five adults flying west to east above MacRitchie forest and descending into the canopy. Four were photographed, showing differing head colours.
Deforestation, loss of roosts and unsustainable hunting for food are threats. Both roost trees and food-bearing forest are important to their lives.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Deforestation, declining roost availability and unsustainable hunting for food threaten Malayan Flying Foxes.