Malus baccata Malus baccata Malus baccata is an Asian species of apple known by the common names Siberian crab apple, Siberian crab, Manchurian crab apple and Chinese crab apple. It is native to much of northern Asia, but is also grown elsewhere as an ornamental tree and for rootstock. It is used for bonsai. It bears plentiful fragrant white flowers and edible red to yellow fruit of about 1 cm diameter. "Malus baccata" is native to Russia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Bhutan, India and Nepal, where it is common to mixed forests on hilly slopes at elevations up to 1500 meters (5000 feet).
Bare-backed fruit bat Bare-backed fruit bat The bare-backed fruit bat ("Dobsonia moluccensis") is a fruit bat in the family Pteropodidae. It was described as a new species in 1830 by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard They placed it in the now-defunct bat genus "Hypoderma", with the scientific name "H. moluccensis". Its species name ""moluccensis"" means "belonging to the Moluccas," which is where the species is found. Its fur is brown and its feet have distinctive white claws. It is smaller than the New Guinea naked-backed fruit bat. Males weigh while females weigh . Its ears are pointed, and its second