Spotted-winged fruit bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Spotted-winged fruit bat Balionycteris maculata Least concern

Where the spotted-winged fruit bat lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 64 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Balionycteris maculata
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the spotted-winged fruit bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the spotted-winged fruit bat in 2 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.

Is the spotted-winged fruit bat endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the spotted-winged fruit bat?

The spotted-winged fruit bat (Balionycteris maculata) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Balionycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the spotted-winged fruit bat

The spotted-winged fruit bat (Balionycteris maculata) is the smallest megabat in the world. It inhabits forests in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Spotted-winged fruit bat (revision 1315224822), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q134342 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).