Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Cynopterus brachyotis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassMammalia (Mamífers)
- OrderChiroptera (Ratpenats)
- FamilyPteropodidae (Old World Fruit Bats)
- GenusCynopterus (Short-nosed Fruit Bats)
- SpeciesCynopterus brachyotis (Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat)
The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It weighs between 21 and 32 grams (0.74 and 1.13 oz), and measures 70 to 127 millimetres (2.8 to 5.0 in). It occurs in many types of habitat, but most frequently in disturbed forest, including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rain forest, plus gardens, mangroves, and vegetation on beaches. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Cat Tien National Park
Greater Short-nosed Fruit Bat
Cynopterus sphinx
Grand Leaf-nosed Bat
Hipposideros grandis
Woolly Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus luctus
thick-thumbed myotis
Myotis rosseti
Greater False Vampire
Lyroderma lyra
Indochinese Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus chaseni
Lesser false vampire bat
Megaderma spasma
Least Horseshoe Bat
Rhinolophus pusillus
Greater Asiatic Yellow House Bat
Scotophilus heathii
Naked-rumped Pouched Bat
Saccolaimus saccolaimus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat at Cat Tien National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Way Kambas National Park | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 2 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 3 | Danum Valley Conservation Area | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 4 | Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | |
| 5 | Khao Sok National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 6 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand |