Austronesian
origins of animal names II
< Maanyan warik ‘monkey sp.’ [Bj < Dahl]
lemur spp.
varika
cf. PMP *paniki ‘flying fox’. Blust (2002: 107) notes that reflexes of this are absent in Borneo and thus the reflex in Malagasy is rather surprising [see Adelaar on other sources for Malagasy]
Pteropodidae
Fruit bats
fanihy