Big Bat
Megabat vs Microbat
Diet & Ecosystems — Flying foxes and other megabats mainly eat fruit, nectar, and flowers.
Megabat Overview
Biggest Bat
As they move between feeding trees, they disperse seeds and can pollinate flowering plants, supporting forest regeneration and plant diversity.
Golden-Crowned Fox
Malaysia Bats
Because they travel long distances at night, their ecological role can link multiple forest patches into a single functional system.
Large Flying Fox
Bat Size
Big bats are often called megabats or flying foxes. They are Old World fruit bats that rely on strong eyesight and smell to find fruit and flowers at night.
Diet & Ecosystems
Many viral posts describe a “human-sized bat”, but the largest species are measured by wingspan, not standing height. Perspective and camera distance can make an animal look much larger than it is.
Seed dispersal
