Black and orange fruit bat found on island

New discovery: The black and orange fruit bats are among the species researchers found at Pulau Tinggi in Mersing.

JOHOR BARU: A black and orange coloured fruit bat is among 286 species of flora and fauna that have been discovered in Pulau Tinggi.

Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) Department of Technology and Natural Resources lecturer Dr Muhammad Abdul Latiff Abu Bakar said: “What is more interesting is that among the species we found is the keluang (pteropus hypomelanus), or more commonly known as a fruit bat, which is black and orange, unlike the ones found in the mainland, that are fully black.