Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat

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Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Chiroptera Family: Pteropodidae Genus: Epomophorus Species: E. wahlbergi
Binomial name
Epomophorus wahlbergi (Sundevall, 1846)

The Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat (Epomophorus wahlbergi) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna.

[edit] References

• Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. Epomophorus wahlbergi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.