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title: "Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat"
description: "Cynopterus brachyotis — Mamíferos. The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/lesser-short-nosed-fruit-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat

> Cynopterus brachyotis — Mamíferos. The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae.

- Scientific name: *Cynopterus brachyotis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `urban` (Cidades e jardins), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 2304
- Wikidata: [Q1770782](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1770782)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40793](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40793)

## Names

- en: Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat
- de: Gemeiner Kurznasenflughund
- fr: Cynoptère de Müller

## Countries with the most observations

SG (1471), MY (61), ID (43), TH (33), PH (20), VN (5), IN (4), LK (4)

## Summary

The lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is a small bat that lives in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It weighs between 21 and 32 grams (0.74 and 1.13 oz), and measures 70 to 127 millimetres (2.8 to 5.0 in). It occurs in many types of habitat, but most frequently in disturbed forest, including lower montane forest and tropical lowland rain forest, plus gardens, mangroves, and vegetation on beaches.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_short-nosed_fruit_bat

## Photo

![Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-short-nosed-fruit-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8614198

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-short-nosed-fruit-bat?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).