果蝠，狐蝠

Remarkably, in 1996 fruit bats (flying foxes) were found to be the natural host of the virus.───非常引人注目的是，1996年发现果蝠（飞狐）是该病毒的天然宿主。

These bats are sometimes misleadingly referred to as 'flying foxes'.───这些蝙蝠有时被误称为“飞狐”。

Flying foxes have babies once a year, giving birth to only one at a time.───飞狐一年生育一次，而且每次只生一个。

Flying foxes, or Pteropus vampyrus, are protected in neighbouring Thailand but hunting is allowed in Malaysia and parts of Indonesia.───狐蝠，拉丁学名Pteropusvampyrus，在邻居泰国已经得到保护，但在马来西亚和印度尼西亚的部分地区狩猎仍是允许的。

It was January 2002 and he was observing a colony of flying foxes in northern New South Wales, Australia.───那是2002年一月，他正在澳大利亚新南威尔士州观察一个狐蝠族群。

Flying foxes can have a wingspan of up to 1. 5m and are crucial for the rainforest ecosystems in this part of Asia.───果蝠的翼展宽至1.5米。在东南亚的雨林生态系统中，它扮演着重要的角色。

Like all bats, flying foxes hang themselves by their toes when at rest, and travel in great crowds when out flying.───和所有的蝙蝠一样，飞狐休息的时候也是依靠它们的脚趾头头朝下悬挂着，并且成群结队的飞翔于外。