Yinpterochiroptera

• Pteropodidae
• Rhinolophoidea
• Indian flying fox Pteropus medius

  

  A large bat that roosts in trees in India and elsewhere, and feeds on fruit at night.

• Large Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus

  

  A large fruit-eating bat of Southeast Asia. A tracking study in Malaysia recorded movements across national borders.

• Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum

  

  A bat with a horseshoe-shaped noseleaf; British accounts describe roosts in caves and buildings.

• Lesser horseshoe bat Rhinolophus hipposideros

  

  A small bat with a horseshoe-shaped fold of skin around its nose. In Ireland, records are concentrated in six western counties.

• Mehely's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mehelyi

  Mehely's horseshoe bat has a patchy Mediterranean range, roosts in caves and feeds mostly on moths.

• Straw-colored Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum

  Its coat ranges from straw-colored to dark gray. It eats fruit and nectar, is active at night, and may form large colonies.

• Mariana Flying Fox Pteropus mariannus

  The Mariana flying fox is a fruit bat with black or brown fur mixed with silver hairs and a golden-looking mantle. It rests in groups in trees during the day.

• Mauritian fruit bat Pteropus niger

  The Mauritian fruit bat is a large fruit-eating bat with golden fur, endemic to Mauritius.

• Madagascan Straw-colored Fruit Bat Eidolon dupreanum

  The Madagascan Straw-colored Fruit Bat is endemic to Madagascar. A diet study in the east found that it ate mainly fruit and also used eucalyptus flowers.

• Blasius's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii

  Blasius’s horseshoe bat roosts in caves and similar shelters and has a distinctive nose shape.

• Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynopterus sphinx

  The short-nosed fruit bat occurs in Hong Kong woodlands and parks, feeds at night on fruit and nectar, and males make tent-like shelters beneath palm leaves.

• Egyptian rousette Rousettus aegyptiacus

  A large-eyed fruit bat that feeds on very ripe fruit.