Zenker's fruit bat
Zenker's fruit bat | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Scotonycteris |
Species: | S. zenkeri |
Binomial name | |
Scotonycteris zenkeri Matschie, 1894 | |
Zenker's fruit bat range |
Zenker's fruit bat (Scotonycteris zenkeri) is a species of megabat 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.
Sources
- Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W. & Fahr, J. 2004. Scotonycteris zenkeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.