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]
Woodford's fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Melonycteris |
Species: | M. woodfordi
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Binomial name | |
Melonycteris woodfordi (Thomas, 1887)
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Woodford's fruit bat range |
References
edit- ^ a b Lavery, T.H. (2017). "Melonycteris woodfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T13140A21977332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T13140A21977332.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.