The swift fruit bat (''Thoopterus nigrescens'') is a species of
megabat
Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats). 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 su ...
in the family Pteropodidae.
References
Megabats
Endemic fauna of Indonesia
Bats of Indonesia
Mammals of Sulawesi
Mammals described in 1870
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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