Long-haired fruit bat

The long-haired fruit bat (Stenonycteris lanosus), also known as the long-haired rousette, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only member of the genus Stenonycteris. It was formerly classified in the genus Rousettus until a 2013 phylogenetic study found it to belong to its own genus and tribe.[2]

Long-haired fruit bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Rousettinae
Tribe: Stenonycterini
Nesi et al, 2012
Genus: Stenonycteris
Thomas, 1906
Species:
S. lanosus
Binomial name
Stenonycteris lanosus
(Thomas, 1906)
Long-haired rousette range

It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]

References

  1. Monadjem, A.; Howell, K.; Hutson, A.M.; Mickleburgh, S.; Bergmans, W. (2017). "Rousettus lanosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T19758A22001971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T19758A22001971.en. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. Nesi, N.; Kadjo, B.; Pourrut, X.; Leroy, E.; Shongo, C.P.; Cruaud, C. & Hassanin, A. (2013). "Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe Myonycterini (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (1): 126–137. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.028. PMID 23063885.


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