Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus gambianus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 273
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇲 Gambia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Gambian epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus gambianus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, and Togo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and savanna.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Gambian epauletted fruit bat”.