Long-haired fruit bat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the long-haired fruit bat live?

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

Rwanda

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 long-haired fruit bat endangered?

The long-haired 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 long-haired fruit bat?

The long-haired fruit bat (Rousettus lanosus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Rousettus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the long-haired fruit bat

The long-haired fruit bat (Stenonycteris lanosa), also known as the long-haired rousette, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only member of the genus Stenonycteris. It was formerly classified in the genus Rousettus until a 2013 phylogenetic study found it to belong to its own genus and tribe.

It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Long-haired fruit bat (revision 1323859602), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q279207 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).