Sulawesi rousette: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Sulawesi rousette Rousettus celebensis Least concern

Where the Sulawesi rousette 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-collected museum specimen (a central record among 458 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See bats on the world map

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

Where does the Sulawesi rousette live?

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

Indonesia

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 Sulawesi rousette endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Sulawesi rousette?

The Sulawesi rousette (Rousettus celebensis) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Rousettus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Sulawesi rousette

The Sulawesi rousette or Sulawesi fruit bat (Pilonycteris celebensis) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae endemic to Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia. It is presently the only member of the genus Pilonycteris.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sulawesi rousette (revision 1330110089), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1767875 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).