The species was named by CAI Guiguan and Zhang Naizhi (1980) on the basis of two male specimens collected from Metuo, Xizang Province, which each had a round brown-yellow brush spot on the lower neck, a white leading edge of the lower ear shell, and a brown-blue nape. Domestic and foreign scholars (...
The Ryukyu Flying Fox is the only fruit eating bat unique to Taiwan's pterodactyl species. It is a typical arboreal bat that relies on sight and smell to search for food. It feeds mainly on the fruits of the genus Ficus. It does not use ultrasound to locate, but uses sight and smell to find food...