Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Taxobox
name = Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Epomops"
species = "E. buettikoferi"
binomial = "Epomops buettikoferi"
binomial_authority = (Matschie, 1899)
synonyms =

Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat ("Epomops buettikoferi") is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

* Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A., Bergmans, W. & Fahr, J. 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7907/all Epomops buettikoferi] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.