northern Ryukyu fruit bat
A specific subspecies of fruit bat found in the Ryukyu Islands; scientific name Pteropus dasymallus dasymallus. Used in zoological and ecological contexts.
The northern Ryukyu fruit bat is an endemic species of Okinawa.
Refers to fruit bats in general (family Pteropodidae), while エラブオオコウモリ is a specific subspecies.
Standard katakana spelling for this animal name.
Kanji spelling is rare and mainly found in older or formal biological texts; the word is usually written in kana.
The name combines 永良部 (Erabu, an island in the Ryukyu chain) with 大蝙蝠 (large bat). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a descriptive name for this regional bat subspecies.