Lissonycteris angolensis - #6034
Angolan Soft-furred Fruit Bat
Lissonycteris angolensis smithii. USNM 411838. Also as Angolan Fruit Bat|Angolan Rousette.
Geographic Distribution
Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko only), Republic of Congo, Dem. Rep. Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique.
Order/Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Lissonycteris
Specific Epithet
angolensis
Image Location
Ghana, Eastern region, Kwahu East district, 1 mi N Nkawkaw
Image Date
11 August 1967
Photographer
BJ Hayward