Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
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Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Cynopterus brachyotis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
Insufficient data
overall probability at Danum Valley Conservation Area
1 Verified records at Danum Valley Conservation Area
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

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 Danum Valley Conservation Area

Minute Fruit Bat
LC

Minute Fruit Bat

🌙 Nocturnal Mammal

Cynopterus minutus

Insufficient data
Spotted-winged Fruit Bat
LC

Spotted-winged Fruit Bat

Mammal

Balionycteris maculata

Insufficient data
Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat
LC

Lesser Long-tongued Fruit Bat

Mammal

Macroglossus minimus

Insufficient data
Large Flying Fox
EN

Large Flying Fox

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Pteropus vampyrus

Insufficient data
Lucas's Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Lucas's Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Mammal

Penthetor lucasii

Insufficient data
Trefoil Horseshoe Bat
NT

Trefoil Horseshoe Bat

🌅 Crepuscular Mammal

Rhinolophus trifoliatus

10–20% · With luck
Fawn Roundleaf Bat
LC

Fawn Roundleaf Bat

☀️ Diurnal Mammal

Hipposideros cervinus

Insufficient data
Diadem Roundleaf Bat
LC

Diadem Roundleaf Bat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Mammal

Hipposideros diadema

Insufficient data
acuminate horseshoe bat
LC

acuminate horseshoe bat

Mammal

Rhinolophus acuminatus

Insufficient data
Small Asian Sheath-tailed Bat
LC

Small Asian Sheath-tailed Bat

Mammal

Emballonura alecto

Insufficient data
Common Thick-thumbed Bat
LC

Common Thick-thumbed Bat

Mammal

Glischropus tylopus

Insufficient data
Horsfield's Bat
LC

Horsfield's Bat

Mammal

Myotis horsfieldii

Insufficient data

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat at Danum Valley Conservation Area — not enough to chart months honestly.

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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
Insufficient data
2 Cat Tien National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
3 Danum Valley Conservation Area 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
4 Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Insufficient data
5 Khao Sok National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
6 Kaeng Krachan National Park 🇹🇭 Thailand
Insufficient data
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