Wallace's fruit bat, or the Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium wallacei), is a megabat of the family Pteropodidae that is endemic to Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands of Indonesia. Cave paintings resembling these bats have been found in Australia, where bats of this kind are not otherwise known. John Edward Gray, Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum, described it in 1866 as Pteropus wallacei, naming it for Alfred Russel Wallace, who had collected the first specimen on Sulawesi. Wallace was sure the specimen was a new species, but his announcement met scepticism and others thought it a juvenile masked flying fox. The list of pteropodids gives its IUCN status as near threatened.
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Source Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Wikipedia)
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Source Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, IndonesiaQuote, Distribution, Indonesia
It is endemic to Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands of Indonesia.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Wikipedia)Distribution, SulawesiQuote, Distribution, Sulawesi
It is endemic to Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands of Indonesia.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)
EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt, row Styloctenium wallacei (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3848 Styloctenium wallacei Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 20 0 0 Ref_3 D2 Ar A 1 1 0 Ref_1 ABC 173 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt, row Styloctenium wallacei (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3848 Styloctenium wallacei Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 20 0 0 Ref_3 D2 Ar A 1 1 0 Ref_1 ABC 173 Ref_117 1
View the Source 2. Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Distribution, Sulawesi
It is endemic to Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands of Indonesia.
Distribution, Indonesia
It is endemic to Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands of Indonesia.
Article text, population
Much of the primary forest on Sulawesi has been cleared for agriculture, and the population of the bat is thought to be declining, and it may be hunted in some areas.
Article text, threats
Much of the primary forest on Sulawesi has been cleared for agriculture, and the population of the bat is thought to be declining, and it may be hunted in some areas.
Article text, human use
Much of the primary forest on Sulawesi has been cleared for agriculture, and the population of the bat is thought to be declining, and it may be hunted in some areas.
Article text, habitat
Cave paintings resembling these bats have been found in Australia, where bats of this kind are not otherwise known.
Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
The Wallace's or Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium wallacei) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The Wallace's or Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium wallacei) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
View the Source3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432931: species profile of Styloctenium wallacei
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfilesQuote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 2432931: IUCN Red List category of Styloctenium wallacei
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategoryQuote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "NEAR_THREATENED"
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