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Flying foxes are bats, not foxes, that are found living in forests and swamps, often near coastal areas of southern Asia,northern Australia, Madagascar, and the South Pacific. They usually roost in trees. They belong to the Class Mammalia, Order Chiroptera, Family Pteropodidae, and the Genus Pteropus.
you may be referring to a flying fox which is the largest bat recorded they're called a flying fox due to their head resembling a fox they are also known as a fruit bat

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