Indian Flying Fox

The Indian flying fox, or greater Indian fruit bat, is India's largest bat and one of the largest in the world. It has a black back lightly streaked with grey, a pale yellow-brown mantle, a brown head and dark brownish underparts, with large eyes, simple ears and no tail. Body mass is 0.6–1.6 kg, the wingspan 1.2–1.5 m and the body length 15.5–22 cm, and males are generally larger than females (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is found across the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. It eats ripe fruit, such as mangoes, guavas and figs, as well as flowers, nectar, seed pods, bark and twigs, and seeds passing through it help spread many plants. It roosts in large, long-lived colonies on open branches, especially in towns and temple grounds. Breeding is annual, with one or two pups after 140–150 days (Wikipedia, general species account).