Smith's fruit bat
| Smith's fruit bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Lissonycteris |
| Species: | L. smithi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lissonycteris smithi (Thomas, 1908) | |
Smith's fruit bat (Lissonycteris smithi) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, possibly Benin, possibly Mali, and possibly Nigeria. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, moist savanna, and caves. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. Lissonycteris smithi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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