Dyacopterus Brooksi
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''Dyacopterus'' is a genus of
megabat Megabats constitute the Family (biology), family Pteropodidae of the Order (biology), order Chiroptera. They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genus, genera ''Acerodon'' and ''Pteropus''—Pteropus, flyin ...
s from south-east
Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
. It contains three species, namely: *
Brooks's dyak fruit bat Brooks's dyak fruit bat (''Dyacopterus brooksi'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae endemic to Sumatra. It was formerly included as a subspecies of the dayak fruit bat. It is named for Cecil Joslin Brooks, who collected the type ...
, ''Dyacopterus brooksi'' *
Dayak fruit bat The dayak fruit bat or dyak fruit bat (''Dyacopterus spadiceus'') is a relatively rare frugivorous megabat species found only on the Sunda Shelf of southeast Asia, specifically the Malay Peninsula south of the Isthmus of Kra, and the islands of ...
, ''Dyacopterus spadiceus''"Dyacopterus spadiceus Dyak fruit bat"
University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 2013-12-08. *
Rickart's dyak fruit bat Rickart's dyak fruit bat (''Dyacopterus rickarti'') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae found on Luzon and Mindanao islands, in the Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic ...
, ''Dyacopterus rickarti''


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Mammals of Asia Bat genera {{Fruit-bat-stub