Livingstone's Fruit Bat

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Livingston's Fruit Bat
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Suborder: Megachiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Pteropus Species: P. livingstonii
Binomial name
Pteropus livingstonii Gray, 1866

Livingstone's Fruit Bat (or Livingstone's Flying Fox; Pteropus livingstonii)) is a bat in the genus Pteropus. It is found only on two islands in the Comoros. It is the rarest and largest of all Comorian bat species. Its preferred habitat is montane forest, the destruction of which is a major threat to the bat population. As of 2003, the total population was estimated at 1200 individuals.^[1]

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The young are born July through September. Each female typically bears one per year. The young become independent after three to six months. These bats feed on fruits. Adults have a wingspan of up to 6 feet. [1]

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