- Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat
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Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Micropteropus Species: M. pusillus Binomial name Micropteropus pusillus
(Peters, 1867)Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat range Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat (Micropteropus pusillus) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
References
- Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. Micropteropus pusillus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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