Lesser Dawn Bat

Taxobox
name = Lesser Dawn Bat


status = LR/lc | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Eonycteris"
species = "E. spelaea"
binomial = "Eonycteris spelaea"
binomial_authority = (Dobson, 1871)
synonyms = The Lesser Dawn Bat ("Eonycteris spelaea") is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.

They are the sole pollinators of the durian fruit, a crop that contributes $120 million US dollars to the economies of Southeast Asia each year.

ource

* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7787/all Eonycteris spelaea] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.