Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat

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Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Epomophorus
Species: E. labiatus
Binomial name
Epomophorus labiatus
(Temminck, 1837)

The Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomophorus labiatus) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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