Livingstone's Fruit Bat
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Livingstone's Fruit Bat (or Livingstone's Flying Fox; (Pteropus livingstonii) is a megabat
in the genus
Pteropus
. It is found only on two islands in the Comoros
. It is the largest bat of all Comorian species. Its preferred habitat is montane forest, the destruction of which is a major threat to the bat population. As of 2003, the total population was estimated at 1200 individuals.They defend themselves against predators by spraying urine at their attackers.
Other threats to the Bats survival include Storms, Hunting and their struggles to readapt to new habitats.
Megabat
Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera, family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera . They are also called fruit bats, old world fruit bats, or flying foxes.-Description:...
in the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Pteropus
Pteropus
Bats of the genus Pteropus, belonging to the megabat or Megachiroptera sub-order, are the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as the fruit bats or flying foxes among other colloquial names...
. It is found only on two islands in the Comoros
Comoros
The Comoros , officially the Union of the Comoros is an archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean, located off the eastern coast of Africa, on the northern end of the Mozambique Channel, between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar...
. It is the largest bat of all Comorian species. Its preferred habitat is montane forest, the destruction of which is a major threat to the bat population. As of 2003, the total population was estimated at 1200 individuals.They defend themselves against predators by spraying urine at their attackers.
Other threats to the Bats survival include Storms, Hunting and their struggles to readapt to new habitats.