fruit bats
Winged tropical pollinators
Fruit bats are large bats that feed primarily on fruit, nectar, and pollen rather than insects.
Found in tropical and subtropical regions, they navigate by sight rather than echolocation, with large eyes adapted for night foraging.
Also called flying foxes for their fox-like faces.
Fruit bats are important pollinators for many tropical plants.
- megabatsLarge fruit-eating chiropterans
- flying foxesLarge fruit-eating bats
- pollinationFlower reproductive transfer
- mango seasonPeriod of peak harvest
- nocturnalActive during darkness
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