Cave nectar bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the cave nectar bat lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Eonycteris spelaea
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	Asia
Mass	53.9 g (adult weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the cave nectar bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the cave nectar bat in 5 countries and territories across Asia.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a cave nectar bat?

Wikidata records the following for the cave nectar bat: mass 53.9 g (adult weight).

Is the cave nectar bat endangered?

The cave nectar bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the cave nectar bat?

The cave nectar bat (Eonycteris spelaea) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Eonycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the cave nectar bat

The cave nectar bat, dawn bat, common dawn bat, common nectar bat or lesser dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea) is a species of megabat within the genus Eonycteris. The scientific name of the species was first published by Dobson in 1871.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cave nectar bat (revision 1365456841), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q971953 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).