#0446 · 🦊 mammals
Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Cynopterus brachyotis
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- 1. © Soh Kam Yung · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 3. © Patricia · CC BY-NC 4.0
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- 7. © 2013 Simon J. Tonge · CC BY 4.0
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- 9. © Simon Tonge · CC0
- 10. © Soh Kam Yung · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
The lesser short-nosed fruit bat ( Cynopterus brachyotis ) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is a small bat that lives in South and Southeast Asia and Indonesia (Borneo). 13 oz). It occurs in many types of habitat, but most frequently in disturbed forest, including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rainforest, plus gardens, mangroves, and vegetation on beaches.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 2,391 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Salomon Müller in 1838 (188 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
- scientific name
- Cynopterus brachyotis
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Chiroptera
- family
- Pteropodidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 2,391
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1838 by Salomon Müller
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Pteropodidae
#0284 📷 8Grey-headed Flying-fox
🇳🇱 Grijskopvleerhond
Pteropus poliocephalus
VU 🌍 8.2k seen
#0335 📷 7Indian Flying Fox
🇳🇱 Indische Reuzenkalong
Pteropus medius
NT 🌍 5k seen
#0358 📷 8Black Flying-fox
Pteropus alecto
LC 🌍 4k seen
#0372 📷 10Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
🇳🇱 Palmvleerhond
Eidolon helvum
NT 🌍 3.5k seen
#0492 📷 8Spectacled Flying-fox
Pteropus conspicillatus
EN 🌍 1.9k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 40793, Wikidata Q1770782, GBIF 2432837, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.