Manado fruit bat
The Manado fruit bat (Boneia bidens) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
| Manado fruit bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpyionycterinae |
| Genus: | Boneia Jentink, 1879 |
| Species: | B. bidens |
| Binomial name | |
| Boneia bidens Jentink, 1879 | |
| Manado fruit bat range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rousettus bidens | |
It is the only member of the genus Boneia. It was formerly classified in the genus Rousettus, but phylogenetic evidence supports them being distinct and belonging to completely different subfamilies: Rousettus belonging in Rousettinae, Boneia belonging in Harpyionycterinae.
It is endemic to Sulawesi island in Indonesia, including in North Sulawesi Province.).
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