Plerotes anchietae

(de Seabra, 1900)

Broad-faced Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Lisboa, ser. 2, vol. 6, 116

Original name as described

Epomophorus anchietae

Other common names

Anchieta's Broad-faced Fruit Bat · Benguela Fruit Bat · D'Anchieta's Fruit Bat

Type material

CZL 31-59026

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

Galanga, Benguela, Angola.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Angola · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Zambia · Malawi

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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