| Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Epomops |
| Species: | E. buettikoferi |
| Binomial name | |
| Epomops buettikoferi (Matschie, 1899) |
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| Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat range | |
Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomops buettikoferi) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.