Manado fruit bat

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Manado fruit bat
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily:
Genus: Boneia
Jentink, 1879
Species:
B. bidens
Binomial name
Boneia bidens
Jentink, 1879
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Manado fruit bat range
Synonyms

Rousettus bidens

The Manado fruit bat (Boneia bidens) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.

It is the only member of the genus Boneia. It was formerly classified in the genus Rousettus, but phylogenetic evidence supports them being distinct and belonging to completely different subfamilies: Rousettus belonging in Rousettinae, Boneia belonging in .[2]

It is endemic to Sulawesi island in Indonesia, including in North Sulawesi Province.[3]).

References[]

  1. ^ Wiantoro, S.; Tsang, S.M. (2020). "Rousettus bidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T19749A22002714. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T19749A22002714.en. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ Cunha., Almeida, Francisca (2016). The evolutionary history of the African fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). OCLC 998598486.
  3. ^ Mammal Species of the World - Browse: bidens


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