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White-collared fruit bat

Mammals

The white-collared fruit bat (Megaerops albicollis) is a megabat of the family Pteropodidae that the Wikipedia list of pteropodids places in the subfamily Cynopterinae, giving its range as southeastern Asia and its habitat as forest. Charles M. Francis described it in 1989. It is a small bat that measures 4 to 6 centimetres in length, plus a tail of up to 0.5 centimetres, with a forearm of 4 to 6 centimetres. The same list gives its IUCN status as near threatened and describes its population as declining. It keeps the common name white-collared fruit bat after the Mindanao fruit bat was split from it, and it has no article of its own on the English Wikipedia.

Facts
Classification
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Conservation Status
Near Threatened 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteropodidae, Taxa
Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species match of Megaerops albicollis
Sources
1. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 11144326: species profile of Megaerops albicollis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles
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"extinct": false
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2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 11144326: IUCN Red List category of Megaerops albicollis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategory
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"category": "NEAR_THREATENED"
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List of pteropodids (Wikipedia)
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species match of Megaerops albicollis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
  • Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, species match, family
    "family": "Pteropodidae"
  • In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), species match, order
    "order": "Chiroptera"
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