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Giant fruit bat

Pteropus medius Temminck, 1825

Status not recordedbats

The giant fruit bat (Pteropus medius) is a species in the family Pteropodidae, order Chiroptera.

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Quick facts about the giant fruit bat

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the giant fruit bat live?

Not recorded

Is the giant fruit bat endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the giant fruit bat classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classMammalia
  4. orderChiroptera
  5. familyPteropodidae
  6. genusPteropus
  7. SpeciesPteropus medius Temminck, 1825

Synonyms Pteropus assamensis, Pteropus edwardsi, Pteropus giganteus chinghaiensis, Pteropus kelaarti, Pteropus ruvicollis

Other names and names in other languages (40)
  • Indian flying foxEnglish
  • Indian flying fox.English
  • Indian flying-foxEnglish
  • الثعلب الطائر الهنديArabic
  • Champa BadurBangla
  • Rabosa Voladora de l'ÍndiaCatalan
  • kaloň indickýCzech
  • Indischer RiesenflughundGerman
  • Ινδική Ιπτάμενη ΑλεπούGreek
  • Zorro Volador de la IndiaSpanish
  • kaljulenkkoFinnish
  • Renard volant d'IndeFrench
  • વાગોળGujarati
  • ChamgadarHindi
  • indiai repülőkutyaHungarian
  • Volpe volante indianaItalian
  • インドオオコウモリJapanese
  • 인도왕박쥐Korean
  • Didžioji skraidančioji lapėLithuanian
  • KadavaavalMalayalam
  • वटवाघूळMarathi
  • BadulNorwegian Bokmål
  • Vliegende VosDutch
  • Rudawka wielkaPolish
  • Raposa-Voadora-IndianaPortuguese
  • Индийская летучая лисицаRussian
  • ᱠᱟᱹᱦᱩ ᱵᱟᱨᱫᱩᱲᱩᱸᱪSantali
  • මා වවුලාSinhala
  • Narimuga VouvalTamil
  • ค้างคาวแม่ไก่อินเดียThai
  • Hint KanatayakTurkish
  • 印度狐蝠Chinese
  • Indischer Riesenflughund.German
  • Chauve-souris géante d'IndeFrench
  • વડવાગોળGujarati
  • फल चमगादड़Hindi
  • 인도날여우박쥐Korean
  • 큰인도과일박쥐Korean
  • Indische ReuzenkalongDutch
  • Pazhamthinni VaouvalTamil

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the giant fruit bat

Other species in the same genus Pteropus.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the giant fruit bat?

The giant fruit bat (Pteropus medius) belongs to the family Pteropodidae in the order Chiroptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Giant fruit bat (Pteropus medius). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-fruit-bat

MLA

“Giant fruit bat (Pteropus medius).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-fruit-bat.

BibTeX
@misc{giant_fruit_bat_2026,
  title = {Giant fruit bat (Pteropus medius)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-fruit-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}