Sulawesi Stripe-faced Fruit Bat
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The Wallace's or Sulawesi Stripe-faced Fruit Bat (Styloctenium wallacei) is a species of megabat
in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to Sulawesi
. Cave paintings resembling these bats have been found in Australia, where bats of this kind are not otherwise known.
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 Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to Sulawesi
Sulawesi
Sulawesi is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Maluku Islands. In Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo, and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger Indonesian populations.- Etymology :The Portuguese were the first to...
. Cave paintings resembling these bats have been found in Australia, where bats of this kind are not otherwise known.
External links
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Styloctenium wallacei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.