🦇Large flying fox
El gran zorro volador (Pteropus vampyrus) es una especie de murciélago de la familia Pteropodidae. Se encuentra en Camboya, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malasia, Birmania, Tailandia, Filipinas, Brunéi, Tonga y Vanuatu. A pesar de su nombre específico (vampyrus), como los demás integrantes del género Pteropus, es frugívoro y se alimenta exclusivamente de frutos, flores, polen y néctar. Es conocido por ser el más grande de la familia y presentar la mayor envergadura de la apertura alar, entre 140 y 180 cm. Como otros megaquirópteros, carece de la habilidad de la ecolocalización.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- Body mass
- 0.94 kg
- Body length
- 0.28 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 21 years
Everything we know about the Large flying fox
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.94 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.87 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.28 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass10 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan21 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 21 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length8.03 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation165 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
estimated = a model's estimate for a species nobody has measured; average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Large flying fox yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderChiroptera
- ›familyPteropodidae
- ›genusPteropus
- ›speciesPteropus vampyrus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- familyPteropodidae
- genusPteropus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- suborderMegachiroptera
- familyPteropodidae
- genusPteropus
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