Harpy fruit bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Harpy fruit bat Harpyionycteris whiteheadi Least concern

Where the harpy fruit bat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 16 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

Scientific name	Harpyionycteris whiteheadi
Group	Bats
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Asia
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the harpy fruit bat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the harpy fruit bat in 1 country or territory across Asia.

Philippines

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the harpy fruit bat endangered?

The harpy fruit bat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the harpy fruit bat?

The harpy fruit bat (Harpyionycteris whiteheadi) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Harpyionycteris. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the harpy fruit bat

The harpy fruit bat (Harpyionycteris whiteheadi) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Harpy fruit bat (revision 1314608288), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q301265 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).