Manado fruit bat

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Manado fruit bat
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Rousettus bidens

The Manado fruit bat (Boneia bidens) is a species of

Pteropodidae
.

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.[2]

It is

endemic to Sulawesi island in Indonesia, including in North Sulawesi Province.[3]
).

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