Batanta

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Batanta is an island south of Salawati Island in Papua province, Indonesia. Its area is 453 km² and its highest point is 1184 m.

Batanta
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Raja Ampat Islands
Area	453 km²
Highest point	1184 m
Administration
Indonesia
province	Papua

[edit] Fauna

The following mammals are found on the island:

• Wild zwijn (Sus scrofa) (prehistorically introduced)
• Zwarte rat (Rattus rattus) (uncertain; introduced)
• Myoictis wallacei (uncertain)
• Echymipera kalubu (uncertain)
• Phalanger orientalis
• Spilocuscus maculatus
• Paramelomys platyops
• Dobsonia beauforti
• Dobsonia magna
• Macroglossus minimus
• Nyctimene albiventer
• Pteropus conspicillatus
• Rousettus amplexicaudatus
• Syconycteris australis
• Emballonura nigrescens
• Hipposideros cervinus
• Hipposideros diadema
• Hipposideros maggietaylorae
• Rhinolophus euryotis
• Miniopterus australis
• Myotis adversus (uncertain)
• Pipistrellus papuanus