Fruit Bats: Endangered and Extinct

In the Phillipean archipelago, the largest bat lives that is 2.5 pounds. And the smallest are 16 grams. There is 15 species of these bats, that live along the 7000 islands. They are all extinct in that island, they population began declining in 1969. They benifit the fruit trees, because they pollinate them, and they're a sourcr for guano fertilization. Many appreciate the extinction, but their environment does not.

http://www.batcon.org/index.php/media-and-info/bats-archives.html?task=viewArticle&magArticleID=276

Philippine Bare-Backed Fruit Bat

Unlike most bats this bat has different physical features. It's orginially from the low island of the Negros Islands. Like most bats the Bare Backed Fruit Bat is more comfortable with as little as possible. After World War II sixty percent of the The Negros Island was covered by a rain forrest.

http://www.andrewisles.com/all-stock/publication/philippine-bare-backed-fruit-bat-and-lt-i-and-gt-dobsonia-chapmani-and-lt-i-and-gt-original-artwork-from-and-lt-i-and-gt-a-gap-in-nature-and-lt-i-and-gt-

Philippine Bare-backed Fruit-bat Dobsonia chapmani. Original artwork from A Gap in Nature.

The Naked backed Fruit bat has wings that meet in the middle of their backs. Usually found in the Phillipeans. Typically not found in the North west. Was hunted by the guanto miners, and numbers have decreased significantly.

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/vanishing_treasures/V_BBFruitBat.htm