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Common Fruit Bat feeding on longan

YC Wee
on 5th March 2018

Joe Tham‘s image of a bat targeting the fruits of Longan (Dimocarpus longan) adds to the former’s food list.

Wildlife consultant Subaraj Rajathurai has this to say: “Based on the appearance and colouration, it is most likely to be the Common Fruit Bat (Cynopterus brachyotis). However, we cannot completely rule out the other Cynopterus species completely, even though they are very rare, as they all appear similar and sometimes only measurements in hand can separate the species.”

CommonFruitBat-longan [JoeTham]

The Common Fruit Bat also feeds on figs (Ficus spp.), chiku (Manilkara zapota) (above), guava (Psidium guajava), date palm (Elaeis guineensis), mango (Mangifera indica), rambutan (Nephelium lappaceum) and mata kuching (N. malaiense) LINK. Besides fruits, it also takes nectar from flowers of African sausage tree (Kigelia aethiopica), midnight horror (Oroxylum indicum), durian (Durio zibethinus) and kapok (Ceiba pentandra) LINK as well as banana (Musa spp.) LINK.

Joe Tham & Subaraj Rajathurai
Singapore
18th February 2018

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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