fruit bat
Megabat "Fruit bat" redirects here. For other uses, see Fruit bat (disambiguation) . "Fruit-eating bat" redirects here. For other species known as fruit-eating bats, see Leaf-nosed bat . Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera ( bats ). They are also called fruit bats , Old World fruit bats , or—especially the genera Acerodon and Pteropus — flying foxes . They are the only member of the superfamily Pteropodoidea , which is one of two superfamilies in the suborder Yinpterochiroptera . Internal divisions of Pteropodidae have varied since subfamilies were first proposed in 1917. From three subfamilies in the 1917 classification, six are now recognized, along with various tribes . As of 2018, 197 species of megabat had been described. Megabat A colony of little red flying foxes ( Pteropus scapulatus ) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Superfamily: Pterop