Sulawesi harpy fruit bat

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Sulawesi harpy fruit bat
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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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Sheherazade.; Waldien, D.L. (2021). "Harpyionycteris celebensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T136776A22034516. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T136776A22034516.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.