Let’s hang out with the Golden-crowned Flying Fox!
Kabog (Bisaya) is one of the many words in the Philippines for bats and even fruit bats or flying foxes specifically.
This is the largest bat in the Philippines, and by weight they are the largest bats in the world! They love eating fruits (and even flowers) of kupang (Parkia), santol (Sandoricum), malaruhat (Syzygium), bangkal (Nauclea), talisay (Terminalia), and fig trees.
Next time you have fruit, put on a golden crown, and enjoy your Vitamin C like the Kabog.
Ref: LR Heaney, DS Balete et al., 2016. The Mammals of Luzon Island.
More MAMMALS!
- Binturong or Palawan Bearcat (Arctictis binturong whitei)
- Brown-tailed dwarf cloud rat (Carpomys phaeurus)
- Black-tailed dwarf cloud rat (Carpomys melanurus)
- Dugong (Dugong)
- Golden-crowned Flying Fox (Acerodon jubatus)
- Large-toothed Batomys (Batomys dentatus)
- Mt. Amuyao Tree-mouse (Musseromys inopinatus)
- Mt. Banahaw Tree-mouse (Musseromys gulantang)
- Mt. Isarog Hairy-tailed Rat (Batomys uragon)
- Mt. Pulag Tree-mouse (Musseromys beneficus)
- Palawan Pangolin (Manis culionensis)
- Sierra Madre Tree-mouse (Musseromys anacuao)
- Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis)
- Ylin Island Cloud Rat (Crateromys paulus)