Food plants for Ryukyu Flying-fox

3 native plants it feeds on, most recorded first.

Not native to the US

27 plants, most recorded first.

Nativity unknown

35 recorded only to genus or family, or with no nativity on record.

Common Guava

for Ryukyu Flying-fox

Open

Food plants · recorded

What the records say

  • Eats 3 records
    • BatBase 3 records

      Geiselman, Cullen K. & Sarah Younger. 2020. Bat Eco-Interactions Database. www.batbase.org

    References

    • Nakamoto, A., K. Kinjo & M. Izawa. 2007. Food habits of Orii's flying fox, Pteropus dasymallus inopinatus, in relation to food availability in an urban area of Okinawa-jima Island, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Acta Chiropterologica 9 (1): 237-249.
    • Lee, Y., et al. 2009. Variation in the nocturnal foraging distribution of and resource use by endangered Ryukyu flying foxes (Pteropus dasymallus) on Iriomote-jima Island, Japan. Contributions to Zoology 78 (2): 51-64.
    • Chen, S., et al. 2017. Preference of an insular flying fox for seed figs enhances seed dispersal of a dioecious species. Biotropica 49 (4): 511-520.
  • Interacts with 5 records
    • Aziz 2021 5 records

      Aziz, S. A., McConkey, K. R., Tanalgo, K., Sritongchuay, T., Low, M.-R., Yong, J. Y., … Racey, P. A. (2021). The Critical Importance of Old World Fruit Bats for Healthy Ecosystems and Economies. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9. doi:10.3389/fevo.2021.641411

    References

    • Vincenot et al., 2015
    • Nakamoto et al., 2009
    • Nakamoto et al., 2007
    • Lee et al., 2009
    • Chen et al., 2017
  • Spreads 1 record
    • BatBase 1 record

      Geiselman, Cullen K. & Sarah Younger. 2020. Bat Eco-Interactions Database. www.batbase.org

    References

    • Lee, Y., et al. 2009. Variation in the nocturnal foraging distribution of and resource use by endangered Ryukyu flying foxes (Pteropus dasymallus) on Iriomote-jima Island, Japan. Contributions to Zoology 78 (2): 51-64.