[Malay kālong.] The Malay frugivorous fox-bat (Pteropus edulis), the largest known bat, found in immense numbers in Java, Sumatra, and adjacent islands, where it is used for food.
1824. Horsfield, Zool. Res. Java, Pteropus rostratus, The Pteropus rostratus … is far less abundant than the Pteropus javanicus, or Kalong.
1837. Penny Cycl., VII. 27/1. The flight of the Kalong is slow and steady, pursued in a straight line, and capable of long continuance.
1883. Cassell’s Nat. Hist., I. 271.
