Table 1. Nutritional value of average fruits consumed by C. sphinx in captivity

Fruit consumption		Unit	Banana	Apple	Pears	Guava	Papaya	Total fruit
15 bats / week
Weight		g	3834.69	2801.29	780.25	586.09	1360.92	9363.25
1 bat / day
Weight		g	36.52	26.68	7.43	5.58	12.96	89.17
Water		%	74.6	83.6	84.0	86.7	88.6
Energy	[1]	Kcal	26.30	13.61	3.27	3.85	4.15	51.17
	[2]	Kcal	33.60	15.74	4.38	2.85	5.05	61.63
	[3]	Kcal	39.81	15.47	3.20	2.29	3.50	64.26
Protein		g	0.32	0.00	0.04	0.06	0.09	0.51
Carbohydrates	[1]	g	6.57	3.52	0.85	0.97	1.09	13.00
	[2]	g	8.65	4.12	1.11	0.68	1.30	15.87
	[3]	g	10.55	3.74	0.74	0.64	0.80	16.48
Fibers		g	0.61	0.58	0.19	0.33	0.12	1.84
Fat		g	0.38	0.02	0.04	0.07	0.01	0.53
Saccharides		g	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.10
Ca	[1]	mg	3.65	2.67	0.74	0.84	2.20	10.10
	[2]	mg	2.24	1.94	0.82	1.12	3.15	9.26
	[3]	mg	2.19	4.00	0.30	1.12	2.20	9.81
P	[1]	mg	8.77	2.67	1.11	1.34	2.07	15.96
	[2]	mg	7.05	1.94	0.82	1.43	0.65	11.88
	[3]	mg	6.57	1.60	1.04	1.56	1.56	12.33
Na		mg	0.32	0.00	0.04	0.19	0.37	0.91
K		mg	144.48	30.56	9.29	15.88	33.24	233.44
Zn		mg	0.06	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.09
Fe		mg	0.13	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.22
Mg		mg	10.57	1.21	0.45	0.56	1.30	14.08
Vit A		RE	2.88	1.46	0.15	4.40	26.11	35.00
Vit C		mg	3.20	1.46	0.30	10.23	8.05	23.24
Vit B6		mg	0.21	0.01	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.24
Folate		micg	7.05	0.73	0.56	0.81	4.91	14.05
Amino acids		mg	0.24	0.03	0.01	0.07	0.05	0.42

[1] - FAO (1995); [2] - or without notation - Smolin & Grosvenor (1994); [3] - Center for Food Safety Hong Kong (1997)

Table 2. The plant exploited by C. sphinx in Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden

Family	Species	Plant part
Anacardiaceae	Mangifera indica	Fruit
Euphorbiaceae	Sapium baccatum	Fruit
Moraceae	Ficus hispida	Fruit
	Ficus racemosa	Fruit
	Ficus hederacea	Fruit
	Ficus benjamina	Fruit
	Ficus religiosa	Fruit + leaf
	Morus macroura	Fruit
	Ficus callosa	Fruit
	Ficus ischnopoda Miq.	Fruit
	Ficus tinctoria	Fruit
	Ficus fistulosa	Fruit + leaf
	ficus annulata	Fruit
Myrtaceae	Psidium guajava	Fruit
	Syzygium oblatum (Roxb.) Cowan (Wall.)	Fruit
	Syzygium fluviatile (Hemsl.) Merr. et Perry	Fruit
Rosaceae	Pygeum latifolium	Fruit
Sapindaceae	Nephelium lappaceum	Fruit
	Litchi chinwnsis	Fruit
	Dimocarpus lognan	Fruit
	Sapindus rarak	Leaf
Sapotaceae	Achras sapota	Fruit
Musaceae	Musa acuminata	Fruit + nectar
Rubiaceae	Anthocephalus chinensis	Fruit
Rhizophoraceae	Pellacalyx yunnanensis	Fruit
Ebenaceae	Diospyros nigrocartex	Fruit
Lauraceae	Beilschmiedia purpurascens	Leaf
Flacourtiaceae	Flacourtia ramontchii L. Herit	Fruit
Solanaceae	Solanum verbacifolium Linn.	Fruit