Definitions
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- noun zoology Any of the
bat family Pteropodidae .
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Examples
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Except for pteropodid bats, the Solomons and Bismarcks (New Britain, New Ireland) have many fewer mammals than New Guinea.
Vanuatu rain forests 2008
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The only mammals in Vanuatu are four pteropodid bats and eight microchiroptera.
Vanuatu rain forests 2008
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Except for pteropodid bats, the Solomons and Bismarcks have many fewer mammals than New Guinea, and the Solomons, unlike New Britain, contain no marsupials.
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Of more than a dozen threatened species of pteropodid bats in the hotspot, three are highly threatened (though poorly known).
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