Dyacopterus
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Dyacopterus is a genus of megabat
Megabat
Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera, family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera . They are also called fruit bats, old world fruit bats, or flying foxes.-Description:...

s from south-east Asia. It contains three species, namely:

Genus Dyacopterus
  • Dayak Fruit Bat
    Dayak Fruit Bat
    The Dayak fruit bat or Dyak fruit bat is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only on the Sunda Shelf of southeast Asia, specifically the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra, and the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. There are three species in the genus Dyacopterus: D....

    , Dyacopterus spadiceus
  • Brooks’s Dyak Fruit Bat
    Brooks’s Dyak Fruit Bat
    The Brooks’s Dyak Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family found in Sumatra. It was formerly included as a subspecies of Dyacopterus spadiceus.-References:...

    , Dyacopterus brooksi
  • Rickart's Dyak Fruit Bat
    Rickart's Dyak Fruit Bat
    The Rickart's dyak fruit bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family found in Luzon and Mindanao islands, in the Philippines.-References:* Mammals Planet website: Species Sheet....

    , Dyacopterus rickarti
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