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GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
Piteropus occurs in India, Ceylon, Australia, Africa and Madagascar.
CHARACTERS:
i) Pteropus is commonly known as flying fox.
ii) It is a large bat with a wing- spread over one and a half meter though the body is about 30 cm in length.
iii) The body is covered with brown fur.
iv) The snart is long and without a nose leaf. The face is like that of a fox in appearance.
v) Eyes or large.
vi) Ears are oval and the two edges of the ear are in contact at the base.
vii) Tail is absent.
viii) The thumb and second digits are clawed.
ix) Frugivorous food chiefly consists of figs and guava.
x) Social in habit and move about in droves of considerable.
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE:
i) They eat commercial crops.
ii) They pollinate and disperse seed.
