Origin
Representative samples of flying foxes (Genus Pteropus) in the Philippines came from different islands of the country. The split of Pteropus species from their megabat relatives was between 28.37 million years ago and 34.63 million years ago. Within the Pteropus species, the first evolutionary event arose probably between 12.41 million years ago and 15.39 million years ago.
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