Peters's fruit bat (''Cynopterus luzoniensis'') is a species of
megabat
Megabats constitute the Family (biology), family Pteropodidae of the Order (biology), order Chiroptera. They are also called fruit bats, Old World fruit bats, or—especially the genus, genera ''Acerodon'' and ''Pteropus''—Pteropus, flyin ...
within the family Pteropodidae. It is found in
Sulawesi
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,
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
, and adjacent small islands.
References
Further reading
*Don E. Wilson & Deeann, and M. Reeder, 2005: ''Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference''. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
*Peters. 1861. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1861: 708.
*Conservation status: IUCN link: ''Cynopterus luzoniensis'' (Not Evaluated)
*''Cynopterus luzoniensis'' on Mammal Species of the World.
Cynopterus
Mammals described in 1861
Taxa named by Wilhelm Peters
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