Order Chiroptera | Phylum Chordata Family Pteropodidae Scientific name Epomops buettikoferi Rank Species | |
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Similar Epomops, Veldkamp's dwarf epaulette, Pohle's fruit bat, Hayman's dwarf epaulette, Angolan epauletted fruit bat | ||
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops buettikoferi) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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