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Four of these species are considered critically endangered: Bulmer's fruit-bat (Aproteles bulmerae), large leptomys (Leptomys elegans), eastern shrew-mouse (Pseudohydromys murinus), and lesser small-toothed rat (Macruromys elegans).

Central Range montane rain forests 2008

Other species present are bare-backed fruit-bat Dobsonia inermis, Pacific flying-fox Pteropus tonganus, spurred horseshoe-bat Hipposideros calcaratus and large Melanesian bent-wing bat Miniopterus propitristis.

East Rennell, Solomon Islands 2008

A dolphin-tooth bank with clean, insect-free vaults would solve the problem of tooth decay under inappropriate storage conditions, and would also deter counterfeiters who pass off fruit-bat teeth, which resemble dolphin teeth, for the genuine article.

Shrinking Dollar 2008

Lexie, Maddy, and Hudson are three fruit-bat hybrids as opposed to pureblood vampires adjusting to a vegan mortal life in the New World rather than the immortal life they lead in fear of the pureblood vampires in the Old World.

Review: Vampire Island by Adele Griffin (CUK) 2007

Lexie, Maddy, and Hudson are three fruit-bat hybrids as opposed to pureblood vampires adjusting to a vegan mortal life in the New World rather than the immortal life they lead in fear of the pureblood vampires in the Old World.

Review: Invisible Lives by Anjali Banerjee (TRT) 2007

Michelle heard Darton's bullhorn again the next evening, and she wondered why he was keeping fruit-bat hours.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2003

Some large winged animal, presumably a fruit-bat or a flying-fox, entered by the window and circled the room like an airplane; and, judging from the sounds which proceeded from beneath the bed, I gathered that the room also harbored a snake or a large rat, though which I was not certain as I saw no reason for investigating.

Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China 1918