Short-palated fruit bat

Short-palated fruit bat pictures and facts

Picture has been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license
Original source: Base map derived from File:BlankMap-World.png. Distribution data from IUCN Red List
Author: Chermundy

Order : Chiroptera
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Species : Casinycteris argynnis

The Short-palated fruit bat is listed as Near Threatened (NT), is close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Namings for the shortpalated fruit bat

A young / baby of a shortpalated fruit bat is called a 'pup'. A shortpalated fruit bat group is called a 'colony or cloud'.

Countries

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo and Democratic Republic of the

Short-palated fruit bat habitats

Forest and Subtropical / Tropical Moist Lowland

Facts about the short-palated fruit bat

No facts found

More animals beginning with S

Custom Search

Play animal guess

Short-palated fruit bat pictures and facts