Long-haired fruit bat

Long-haired fruit bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Subfamily:	Rousettinae
Tribe:	Stenonycterini Nesi et al, 2012
Genus:	Stenonycteris Thomas, 1906
Species:	S. lanosa
Binomial name
Stenonycteris lanosa (Thomas, 1906)
Long-haired rousette range

The long-haired fruit bat (Stenonycteris lanosa), also known as the long-haired rousette, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only member of the genus Stenonycteris. It was formerly classified in the genus Rousettus until a 2013 phylogenetic study found it to belong to its own genus and tribe. ^[2]

It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. ^[1]

References

1. Monadjem, A.; Howell, K.; Hutson, A.M.; Mickleburgh, S.; Bergmans, W. (2017). "Rousettus lanosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T19758A22001971. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19758A22001971.en . Retrieved 11 February 2022.
2. Nesi, N.; Kadjo, B.; Pourrut, X.; Leroy, E.; Shongo, C.P.; Cruaud, C. & Hassanin, A. (2013). "Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe Myonycterini (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (1): 126–137. Bibcode:2013MolPE..66..126N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.028. PMID   23063885.^{[ dead link ]}