FRUIT BATS OR FLYING-FOXES 
and eastward, suitably named ‘‘fox bats,”’ for some of them, as 
the Indian flying-fox or the Malayan kalong, are almost as big 
as foxes, the latter species reaching a length of eighteen inches 
and measuring five feet across the outstretched wings. They 
are clothed in fox-red fur, have long, pointed muzzles, sharp, 
upright ears, and big eyes, giving them a terrierlike look. 
EAST INDIAN FLYING-FOX. 
These bats feed on all sorts of soft fruits except acid ones, 
such as oranges; are especially fond of figs and guavas; and 
are a destructive pest to orchards and gardens. In some parts 
of Java, for example, no delicate fruit can be raised except by 
protecting the trees with nets and fighting off the nightly forays 
of bands of kalongs. They live and travel in vast companies, 
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