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