Spotted-winged Fruit Bat

Taxobox
name = Spotted-winged Fruit Bat
status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Balionycteris"
genus_authority = Matschie, 1899
species = "B. maculata"
binomial = "Balionycteris maculata"
binomial_authority = (Thomas, 1893)

The Spotted-winged Fruit Bat, "Balionycteris maculata" is the smallest fruit bat in the world. It is found from southern Thailand, across Malaysia, and on Borneo. It lives in the forests where it roosts in small groups in trees and caves. Its name comes from the coloration of its wings, which are dark with a lighter-colored spot at each joint.

References

* Hall LS, Gordon G. Grigg, Craig Moritz, Besar Ketol, Isa Sait, Wahab Marni and M.T. Abdullah. 2004. Biogeography of fruit bats in Southeast Asia. Sarawak Museum Journal LX(81):191-284.
* Karim, C., A.A. Tuen and M.T. Abdullah. 2004. Mammals. Sarawak Museum Journal Special. Issue No. 6. 80: 221—234.
* Mohd. Azlan J., Ibnu Maryanto , Agus P. Kartono and M.T. Abdullah. 2003 Diversity, Relative Abundance and Conservation of Chiropterans in Kayan Mentarang National Park, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Sarawak Museum Journal 79: 251-265.
* Hall LS, Richards GC, Abdullah MT. 2002. The bats of Niah National Park, Sarawak. Sarawak Museum Journal. 78: 255-282.

External links

* ARKive - [http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Balionycteris_maculata/more_info.html images and movies of the Spotted-winged Fruit Bat" (Balionycteris maculata)"]
* [http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=631548 ITIS report "Balionycteris maculata"]