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Megabat

Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera. They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genera Acerodon and Pteropus—flying foxes. They are the only member of the superfamily Pteropodoidea, which is one of two superfamilies in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera. Internal divisions of Pteropodidae have…

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Megabat

Nodes336
Edges335
Triples266
Avg. degree1.99
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related to As disease reservoirs · 33
Megabat → Additionally, Belgrade, Disease Control, Due, Ebola, EBOV, Egyptian, Epomophorus, Epomops, Frankfurt, Franquet's, Gambian, German, Leschenault's, Marburg, Marburgvirus, Megabats, Microbats, Micropteropus, Miniopterus
related to Range and habitat · 33
Megabat → Africa, African, As, Asia, Australia, China, Egyptian, Four, In, In China, In East Asia, In South Asia, India, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Japan, Maldives, Mediterranean, Megabats, Middle East
related to Reproduction and life cycle · 27
Megabat → Because, Cynopterus, Different, Dobson's, Egyptian, Epomophorus, Epomops, Gestation, Haplonycteris, In, July, June, Leschenault's, Madagascan, Mating, Megabats, Myonycteris, November, Peters's, Pteropus
related to history · 25
Megabat → Ancient Greek, British, Cephalotes, Cephalotidae, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Chiroptera, Dobson, Dobsonia, French, Fructivorae, George Edward Dobson, Gray's, He, In, John Edward Gray, Latinizing Pteropus, Macrochiroptera, Megachiroptera, Microchiroptera, Pteropidae
related to Internal systems · 18
Megabat → Additionally, Among, During, Egyptian, Eidolon, Epomophorus, Flight, Hypsignathus, Many, Megabats, Pteropus, Rousettus, The, There, They, U-shaped, Wahlberg's, While
related to Predators and parasites · 18
Megabat → Another, Australia, Blood, Demodex, During, Guam, Haemoproteidae, Known, Mariana, Megabats, Non-native, Nycteribiidae, Predators, Pteropus, Rota, Streblidae, The, Toxocaridae
related to Diet and foraging · 17
Megabat → Eidolon, Epomophorus, Eucalyptus, In Australia, Megabats, Migratory, Most, Myonycteris, Nanonycteris, Other, Pteropus, Rousettus, Some, Species, They, Throughout, Wing
related to Status · 15
Megabat → Additionally, As, Conservation, Critically, Data, Endangered, Extinct, International Union, IUCN, Least-concern, Megabats, Nature, Near-threatened, The, Vulnerable
related to In culture · 14
Megabat → Asmat, Australia, Flying, Folk, In, In New Caledonia, Indigenous, Indigenous Australian, Indonesia, Megabats, Oceania, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, They
related to Behavior and social systems · 12
Megabat → At, Bonin, Egyptian, Evidence, Homosexual, It, Many, Megabats, Paternity, Pteropus, This, Young Egyptian

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species megabats pteropus flying bat fruit bats also found fox foxes family humans pteropodidae food one several genera two flight

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
shrews have a lung volume of 0.03 cm3 per gram of body weightinstance ofWhile terrestrial mammals0.80text
the house mouseinstance ofequal to or exceeding other nocturnal or crepuscular animals0.80text
domestic catinstance ofequal to or exceeding other nocturnal or crepuscular animals0.80text
and domestic rabbit.SmellMegabats use smell to find food sources like fruitinstance ofequal to or exceeding other nocturnal or crepuscular animals0.80text
nectarinstance ofequal to or exceeding other nocturnal or crepuscular animals0.80text
the eastern tube-nosed batinstance ofTube-nosed fruit bats0.80text
the straw-colored fruit bat have the reproductive adaptation of delayed implantationinstance ofSome species0.80text
meaning that copulation occurs in June or Julyinstance ofSome species0.80text
but the zygote does not implant into the uterine wall until months later in Novemberinstance ofSome species0.80text
the greater short-nosed fruit bat are born with their eyes openinstance ofSpecies0.80text
crocodiliansinstance ofPredators that are naturally sympatric with megabats include reptiles0.80text
snakesinstance ofPredators that are naturally sympatric with megabats include reptiles0.80text

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