Bulmer's Fruit Bat (Aproteles bulmerae)
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Description: Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.
EDGE :: Mammal Species Information Bulmer’s fruit bat is the largest bat species to roost in caves. It is predominantly nocturnal and, like other fruit bats, relies on sight rather than echolocation to navigate. It has a remarkable ability to manoeuvre, and is one of the few species of bats that can hover and even fly backwards. Believed to have become extinct at the end of the last Ice Age glaciation, the species was rediscovered in a precipitous mountain cave in 1975. Shortly after its rediscovery, this small population was almost wiped out by local hunters with guns. There are no other known populations, making this remarkable animal one of the most endangered species of bats in the world.
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