The Manado fruit bat (Boneia bidens) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
| Manado fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Harpyionycterinae |
| Genus: | Boneia Jentink, 1879 |
| Species: | B. bidens
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| Binomial name | |
| Boneia bidens Jentink, 1879
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| Manado fruit bat range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Rousettus bidens | |
It is the only member of the genus Boneia. It was formerly classified in the genus Rousettus, but phylogenetic evidence supports them being distinct and belonging to completely different subfamilies: Rousettus belonging in Rousettinae, Boneia belonging in Harpyionycterinae.[2]
It is endemic to Sulawesi island in Indonesia, including in North Sulawesi Province.[3]).
References
edit- ^ Wiantoro, S.; Tsang, S.M. (2020). "Boneia bidens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T19749A22002714. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T19749A22002714.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ^ Cunha., Almeida, Francisca (2016). The evolutionary history of the African fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). OCLC 998598486.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Mammal Species of the World – Browse: bidens
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