A picture of a male Christmas Island flying-fox (Pteropus melanotus natalis), taken on Christmas Island
Date 14 August 2015
Source Photograph taken on Christmas Island of a wild Christmas Island flying-fox by Justin Welbergen
Author Welbergen https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Welbergen
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pteropus_melanotus_natalis_-_the_Christmas_Island_flying-fox.jpg

The black-eared flying fox (Pteropus melanotus), also known as Blyth's flying fox and Christmas Island flying fox, is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found on Christmas Island (Australia), Andaman Islands (India), Nicobar Islands (India), and Sumatra (Indonesia).
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species: Pteropus melanotus Blyth, 1863
Synonyms:
Pteropus edulis
Pteropus modiglianii
Pteropus natalis
Pteropus niadicus
Pteropus nicobaricus
Pteropus tytleri