Livingstone's fruit bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Pteropus livingstonii
Group	Bats
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Africa
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the Livingstone's fruit bat live?

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

Comoros

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 Livingstone's fruit bat endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Livingstone's fruit bat?

The Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Pteropus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Livingstone's fruit bat

Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii), also called the Comoro flying fox, is a megabat in the genus Pteropus. It is an Old World fruit bat found only in the Anjouan and Mohéli islands in the Union of the Comoros in the western Indian Ocean.

It is the largest and rarest bat of all Comorian species. Its preferred habitat is montane forest above 200 metres (660 ft) on Mohéli and above 500 metres (1,600 ft) on Anjouan, the destruction of which is a major threat to the bat population. As of 2003, the total population was estimated at 1,200 individuals. Other threats to the bats' survival include storms, hunting, and their struggles to readapt to new habitats.

The black-bearded flying fox is believed to be one of the closest relatives of Livingstone's fruit bats, but experts differ as to whether or not these species belong to the same species group. No subspecies have been recognized.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Livingstone's fruit bat (revision 1379846145), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1049623 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).