Swift fruit bat
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| Swift fruit bat | |
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Thoopterus
Matschie, 1899
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T. nigrescens
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| Thoopterus nigrescens (Gray, 1870)
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The swift fruit bat (Thoopterus nigrescens) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only described species within the genus Thoopterus, but it is likely that more than one species exists. Thoopterus is found in Indonesia on Sulawesi and neighboring islands.[1]
References
Literature cited
- Ruedas, L. 2008. Thoopterus nigrescens. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on October 27, 2011.
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