Woodford's fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Melonycteris |
Species: | M. woodfordi |
Binomial name | |
Melonycteris woodfordi (Thomas, 1887) | |
Woodford's fruit bat range |
Woodford's fruit bat (Melonycteris woodfordi), also known as the orange fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. [1]
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