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SpeciesChiropteraPteropodidae
Mammals

🦇Giant golden-crowned flying fox

Acerodon jubatus (Eschscholtz, 1831)

Acerodon jubatus är en fladdermusart som först beskrevs av Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz 1831. Acerodon jubatus ingår i släktet Acerodon, och familjen flyghundar. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som starkt hotad. Det svenska trivialnamnet guldmantlad flyghund förekommer för arten.

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Also called
Golden-capped fruit bat, Golden-capped Fruit Bat, Golden-crowned Flying Fox
Conservation status
ENEndangered

IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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Everything we know about the Giant golden-crowned flying fox

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Body mass
1.09 kg
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Body length
0.29 mestimated
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Maximum lifespan
20 yearsestimated
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Generation length
9.99 years
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Gestation
167 daysestimated
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Litter size
1
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Volume l
1.1 Laverage
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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.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderChiroptera
  5. ›familyPteropodidae
  6. ›genusAcerodon
  7. ›speciesAcerodon jubatus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderBats · Chiroptera
  3. familyPteropodidae
  4. genusAcerodon
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderLaurasiatheria
  11. orderBats · Chiroptera
  12. suborderMegachiroptera
  13. familyPteropodidae
  14. genusAcerodon
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Goldkronen-Flughund (de), murciélago diadema de Filipinas (es), Гривастый ацеродон (ru), Renard volant des Philippines (fr), Acerodon jubatus (gl), 鬃毛利齿狐蝠 (zh) … and 19 more languages
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