Okinawa flying fox - Okinawa giant bat

Japanese: オキナワオオコウモリ - おきなわおおこうもり
Okinawa flying fox - Okinawa giant bat

...Banana plantations and other areas are heavily damaged by flying foxes. In Japan, three species live: the Erabu flying fox and the Okinawa flying fox in the Ryukyu Islands, and the Ogasawara flying fox in the Ogasawara Islands. The Okinawa flying fox has not been recorded as having been collected since it was discovered in 1870 (Meiji 3), and is therefore considered to be extinct.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Okinawa fruit bat is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…バナナなどの農園ではオオコウモリ類による被害がはなはだしい。なお,日本では南西諸島にエラブオオコウモリおよびオキナワオオコウモリ,小笠原諸島にオガサワラオオコウモリの3種がすむ。オキナワオオコウモリは,1870年(明治3)に発表されてから採集記録がなく,絶滅したものと考えられる。…

※「オキナワオオコウモリ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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