Madagascan fruit bat

Weight

283.8 g – 297.6 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

21.8 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Frugivoresrc for Diet

Longest recorded lifespan

21.8 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Gestation

164 dayssrc for Gestation

Young per litter or clutch

1.08src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Active

Day and night (cathemeral)src for Active

Lifestyle

Arborealsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The madagascan fruit bat is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderChiroptera
5. familyPteropodidae
6. genusEidolon
7. SpeciesEidolon dupreanum (Pollen in Schlegel & Pollen, 1866)

Synonyms Pteropus dupreanus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

NT, Near Threatened

Straw-coloured fruit bat

Eidolon helvum

Pteropodidae

CompareMadagascan fruit bat vs Straw-coloured fruit bat

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@misc{madagascan_fruit_bat_2026,
  title = {Madagascan fruit bat (Eidolon dupreanum)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/madagascan-fruit-bat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}