| Sulawesi harpy fruit bat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Harpyionycteris |
| Species: | H. celebensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Harpyionycteris celebensis Miller & Hollister, 1921 | |
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The Sulawesi harpy fruit bat (Harpyionycteris celebensis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia where it is found in Sulawesi and in Soloi on Buton island. [1]
The Sulawesi harpy fruit bat is frugivorous and lives around high quality forest habitats with heightened elevation. Documents of specimens being in cocoa plantations have been recorded. Currently, how this species roosts is unknown even with captured specimens. [1]
| Harpyionycteris celebensis | |
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