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Bats at the Center

The bat species housed at Lubee’s Center for Bat Research and Conservation represent a unique collection of species housed in captivity. This collection includes one of the world's largest (1.2 kg, Pteropus vampyrus) and the smallest (180g, Pteropus pumilus) species of the genus Pteropus. Other species housed at the Center include Pteropus rodricensis (one of the most threatened and endangered species of Old-World fruit bats), Pteropus hypomelanus, Rousettus aegyptiacus, Epomophorus wahlbergi, Cynopterus brachyotis, Eidolon helvum and Artibeus lituratus.

Click on the pictures below to learn more about each species.

© Dana LeBlanc Large or Malayan Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus	© Dana LeBlanc Little Golden-mantled Flying Fox Pteropus pumilus
© Lubee Spectacled Flying Fox Pteropus conspicillatus	© Lubee Dana LeBlanc Grey headed flying fox Pteropus poliocephalus
© Lubee Dana LeBlanc Rodrigue’s Fruit Bat Pteropus rodricensis	© Lubee Dana LeBlanc Island Flying Fox Pteropus hypomelanus
© Lubee Darryl Heard Wahlberg’s Fruit Bat Epomophorus wahlbergi	© Lubee Dana LeBlanc Egyptian Fruit Bat Rousettus aegyptiacus
©Lubee Darryl Heard Trinidadian Fruit Bat Artibeus lituratus	© Lubee Dana LeBlanc Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat Cynpterus brachyotis
© Jack Woodward Straw-colored Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum

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