Angolan Fruit Bat

Taxobox
name = Angolan Fruit Bat


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Lissonycteris"
species = "L. angolensis"
binomial = "Lissonycteris angolensis"
binomial_authority = (Bocage, 1898)
synonyms = "Rousettus angolensis" (Bocage, 1898)The Angolan Fruit Bat or Angolan Rousette ("Lissonycteris angolensis") is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and rocky areas.

References

* Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/44698/all Lissonycteris angolensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.