Manado fruit bat

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Manado fruit bat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Harpyionycterinae
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 Harpyionycterinae. [2]

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

References

  1. Wiantoro, S.; Tsang, S.M. (2020). "Boneia bidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T19749A22002714. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T19749A22002714.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. Cunha., Almeida, Francisca (2016). The evolutionary history of the African fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). OCLC   998598486.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Mammal Species of the World – Browse: bidens