Lesser short-nosed fruit bat

Lesser short-nosed fruit bat
	C. brachyotis on branch
	Close-up of face
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Cynopterus
Species:	C. brachyotis
Binomial name
	Cynopterus brachyotis; (Müller, 1838)
	Lesser short-nosed fruit bat range

The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae.^[2] It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It weighs between 21 and 32 grams (0.74 and 1.13 oz), and measures 70 to 127 millimetres (2.8 to 5.0 in).^[3] It occurs in many types of habitat, but most frequently in disturbed forest, including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rain forest, plus gardens, mangroves, and vegetation on beaches.^[4]

^ Csorba, G.; Bumrungsri, S.; Bates, P.; Gumal, M.; Kingston, T.; Molur, S.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Cynopterus brachyotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6103A22113381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T6103A22113381.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ "Cynopterus brachyotis lesser short-nosed fruit bat". Animal Diversity Web.
^ Payne, J., C. M. Francis, and K. Phillips. (1985). A Field Guide to The Mammals Of Borneo. Malaysia: The Sabah Society. p.173.

[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] Csorba, G.; Bumrungsri, S.; Bates, P.; Gumal, M.; Kingston, T.; Molur, S.; Srinivasulu, C. (2019). "Cynopterus brachyotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T6103A22113381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T6103A22113381.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.

[MSW3-2] Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[3] "Cynopterus brachyotis lesser short-nosed fruit bat". Animal Diversity Web.

[payne-4] Payne, J., C. M. Francis, and K. Phillips. (1985). A Field Guide to The Mammals Of Borneo. Malaysia: The Sabah Society. p.173.

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Lesser short-nosed fruit bat

C. brachyotis on branch

Close-up of face
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Cynopterus
Species:	C. brachyotis
Binomial name
*Cynopterus brachyotis* (Müller, 1838)

Lesser short-nosed fruit bat range