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  • Giant bat makes comeback in Tanzania (Pemba flying fox fruit bat, 5-foot plus wingspan)

    10/30/2008 6:42:08 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 28 replies · 3,690+ views
    Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 10/30/08 | Reuters
    OSLO (Reuters) – A giant bat with a wingspan up to 5.5 feet has made a comeback from the brink of extinction in Tanzania in a rare conservation success, an environmental group said on Friday. Numbers of the Pemba flying fox, a type of fruit bat, have risen to 22,000 since it was rated critically endangered two decades ago when "only a scant few individual fruit bats could be observed," British-based Fauna and Flora International said. In a release coinciding with Halloween, it said that the bat's maximum wingspan was "greater than the height of the average British woman."
  • New bat species discovered in Philippines (Mindoro Stripe-Faced Fruitbat)

    09/17/2007 10:57:27 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 19 replies · 1,386+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 9/17/07 | AFP
    MANILA (AFP) - A new species of flying fox or fruit bat has been discovered on an island south of Manila, it was reported Monday. The orange-coloured bat with a distinctive white-stripped face was discovered in a protected wildlife area on Mindoro Island, the Philippine Star newspaper said quoting the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). The discovery was a result of joint research between the University of Kansas' Biodiversity Research Center and a team from the Comparative Biogeography and Conservation of Philippine Vertebrates (CBCPV), the paper said. Known as the Mindoro Stripe-Faced Fruitbat for its striking facial features...
  • Grey Headed Flying Fox

    01/30/2003 6:24:06 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 8 replies · 326+ views
    Yahoo News Photos ^ | 1/30/03 | AP