Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat | |
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Cynopterus t. titthaecheilus from Bogor, West Java | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Cynopterus |
Species: | C. titthaecheilus |
Binomial name | |
Cynopterus titthaecheilus (Temminck, 1825) | |
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Indonesian short-nosed fruit bat range |
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