Woodford's fruit bat
Woodford's fruit bat (Melonycteris woodfordi), also known as the orange fruit bat, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Melonycteris |
| Species: | M. woodfordi |
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| Melonycteris woodfordi (Thomas, 1887) | |
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References
- Lavery, T.H. (2017). "Melonycteris woodfordi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T13140A21977332. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T13140A21977332.en.
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