Old world fruit-eating bats. The only family of the sub-order Megachiroptera.
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- Lubee Bat Conservancy Biology, conservation and the importance of fruit and nectar bats in tropical ecosystems.
- Bulmer's Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae) Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
- Golden-capped Fruit Bat: Acerodon jubatus Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
- Spotted-winged Fruit Bat: Balionycteris maculata Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
- Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat: Cynopterus brachyotis Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
- Salim Ali's Fruit Bat: Latidens salmalii Photograph and information from ARKive on this critically endangered species.
- Pteropodidae Detailed information, classification, and photos of the family of flying foxes and old world fruit bats. Includes many species accounts.
- Straw-colored Fruit Bat Factsheet on Eidolon helvum with photographs, physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, diet, predators and threats.