Hypsignathus monstrosus

H. Allen, 1861

Hammer-headed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Rousettinae
Tribe : Epomophorini
Genus : Hypsignathus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Allen, H. 1861-12-28. Descriptions of new pteropine bats from Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 13(11-17):155-160.

Original name as described

Hypsignathus monstrosus

Type material

ANSP 969/2771

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Western Africa."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Angola · Uganda · Kenya · South Sudan · Ethiopia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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