🦇Giant golden-crowned flying fox
The giant golden-crowned flying fox, also known as the golden-capped fruit bat, is a species of megabat endemic to the Philippines. Since its description in 1831, three subspecies of the giant golden-crowned flying fox have been recognized, one of which is extinct. The extinct subspecies was formerly recognized as a full species, the Panay golden-crowned flying fox. Formerly, this species was placed in the genus Pteropus; while it is no longer within the genus, it has many physical similarities to Pteropus megabats. It is one of the largest bat species in the world, weighing up to 1.4 kg (3.1 lb)—only the Indian and great flying fox can weigh more. It has the longest documented forearm length of any bat species at 21 cm (8.3 in).
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 1.09 kg
- Body length
- 0.29 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 20 years
Everything we know about the Giant golden-crowned flying fox
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.09 kgCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Body length0.29 mestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan20 yearsestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Generation length9.99 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation167 daysestimatedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter size1COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.1 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 Giant golden-crowned flying fox yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderChiroptera
- ›familyPteropodidae
- ›genusAcerodon
- ›speciesAcerodon jubatus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- familyPteropodidae
- genusAcerodon
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderLaurasiatheria
- orderBats · Chiroptera
- suborderMegachiroptera
- familyPteropodidae
- genusAcerodon
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