ClassificationScientific name: Acerodon Jubatus
Kingdom: Animalia (animals) Phylum: Chordata (vertebrates) Class: Mammalia (mammals) Order: Chiroptera (bats) Family: Pteropodidae (fruit bats/old world fruit bats) Genus: Acerodon (fruit bats) Species: Acerodon Jubatus (golden-crowned flying fox) |
Fun facts Bats are the only flying mammals existing! They live 12 too 30 or more yeas. The giant golden crowned flying fox is the biggest bat in the world, and gets its name because it's head looks like a fox. Also it really is the size of a fox. The largest reaches 40 centimeters (16 in) in length and attains a wingspan of 1.7 m (5.6 ft), weighing in at up to 1.6 kg (3.5 lb). Even though it is so big it could just catch any thing, the giant golden crowned flying fox is a fruit bat. Bats can not just fly off. Actually One of the reasons why they hang from walls is not only because that's how they sleep, its also because they need a certain amount of wind and speed so that their wings can carry them.
![]() Just like other bats the giant golden crowned flying fox lives in large groups, but because it is so big it has to live in trees. One of the famous location to see a lot of giant flying foxes is in Australia and the Philipiens
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