Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat
Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat |
Conservation status |
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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.
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