Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat
Epomophorus crypturus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 133
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇼 Botswana
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Peters's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus crypturus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is in riverine or evergreen forest, or moist woodland, where there are fruit-bearing trees.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Peters's epauletted fruit bat”.