Zenker's Fruit Bat

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Zenker's Fruit Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Scotonycteris
Species: S. zenkeri
Binomial name
Scotonycteris zenkeri
Matschie, 1894

The Zenker's Fruit Bat (Scotonycteris zenkeri) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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