{{Short description|Species of bat}} {{speciesbox | image = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Wiantoro, S. |author2=Tsang, S.M. |author3=Ruedas, L.A. |author4=Kingston, T. |author5=Helgen, K. |author6=Sinaga, J. |date=2020 |title=''Thoopterus nigrescens'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T21815A21989441 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T21815A21989441.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Thoopterus | species = nigrescens | authority = (Gray, 1870) | synonyms = {{species list | ''Cynopterus marginatus'' var. ''nigrescens''| Gray, 1870 | ''Cynopterus nigrescens'' | Gray, 1870 | ''Cynopterus latidens'' | Dobson, 1878}} | range_map = Swift Fruit Bat area.png | range_map_caption = Swift fruit bat range }} The '''swift fruit bat''' ('''''Thoopterus nigrescens''''') is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.{{Sfnm|Ruedas|2008|Simmons|2005}}
==Taxonomy== The swift fruit bat was initially described in 1870 by British zoologist John Edward Gray.<ref name="Hollister">{{cite book|title=A review of the Philippine land mammals in the United States National Museum| first=Ned| last=Hollister| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=70MZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA135| publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|year=1911|pages=188–190}}</ref> He placed it in the genus ''Cynopterus'', with a name of ''Cynopterus marginatus'' var. ''nigrescens''. The type specimen had been collected on the Indonesian island of Morotai by Alfred Russel Wallace.<ref name="Gray 1870">{{cite book|last1=Gray| first1= J. E.| year=1870| title= Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British Museum| publisher= Order of the Trustees| page=123| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994640}}</ref>
In 1899, German zoologist Paul Matschie created the subgenus ''Thoopterus'' within ''Cynopterus'', into which he placed ''Cynopterus nigrescens''.<ref name="Matschie 1899">{{cite book| last=Matschie| first= P.| date= 1899| title= Die Fledermäuse des Berliner Museums für Naturkunde. 1. Lieferung. Die Megachiroptera des Berliner Museums für Naturkunde| publisher=Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099175| page=77}}</ref><ref name="Hollister"/> By 1912, Danish mammalogist Knud Andersen classified ''Thoopterus'' as a full genus, with ''T. nigrescens'' as the type species.<ref name="Andersen1912">{{cite journal |last1=Andersen |first1=K. |author-link1=Knud Andersen (mammalogist) |title=Catalogue of the Chiroptera In the collection of the British Museum. Volume I: Megachiroptera |journal=Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum |date=1912 |volume=1 |publisher=BMNH |location=London |pages=662–665 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8410107|language=English}}</ref>
==Description== The combined length of the head and body is {{cvt|94-109|mm|in}}, with a forearm length of {{cvt|70-82|mm|in}}. Individuals weigh about {{cvt|67-99|g|oz}}. The fur is grayish-brown.<ref name="Nowak">{{cite book|first1=R. M.| last1= Nowak| first2= E.| last2= Pillsbury Walker| year=1999|title=Walker's Mammals of the World| volume=1| publisher=JHU Press| isbn=978-0-8018-5789-8|page=290}}</ref>
==Range and habitat== The swift fruit bat is endemic to Indonesia, where it is found on the following islands: Sulawesi, Buton, Mangole, Wawonii, the Talaud and Sangihe archipelagos, and likely Morotai. It is found at elevations between {{cvt|0-2400|m|ft}} above sea level. It seems to prefer intact forests, though will also utilize disturbed forests.<ref name="iucn status 14 November 2021"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Pteropodidae|C.}}
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Category:Megabats Category:Endemic fauna of Indonesia Category:Bats of Indonesia Category:Mammals of Sulawesi Category:Mammals described in 1870 Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray