East African Epauletted Fruit Bat

Taxobox
name = East African Epauletted Fruit Bat


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Epomophorus"
species = "E. minimus"
binomial = "Epomophorus minimus"
binomial_authority = Claessen & Vree, 1991
synonyms = The East African Epauletted Fruit Bat ("Epomophorus minimus") is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7905/all Epomophorus minimus] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.