Genus Pteropus (Noun)
Meaning
A genus of Megachiroptera.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The genus Pteropus is a group of large fruit bats commonly known as the flying foxes or megabats found in tropical and subtropical forests.
- Pteropus is the largest genus in the bat family Pteropodidae with over 60 species existing worldwide.
- The size of the genus Pteropus can vary greatly, from 500 to 1,600 grams in weight and from 150 to 250 millimeters in length.
- These fruit-eating bats, members of the genus Pteropus, play crucial ecological and economic roles by pollinating plants and dispersing seeds.
- As megabats of genus Pteropus have eyes that resemble small mammals, some biologists propose that their intelligence might be higher compared to some other small mammals.