Red Fruit Bat

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Red Fruit Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Phyllostomidae
Genus: Stenoderma
Species: S. rufum
Binomial name
Stenoderma rufum
Desmarest, 1820

The Red Fruit Bat (Stenoderma rufum) is a species of bat in the Phyllostomidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Stenoderma. It is found in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

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