Bare-backed rousette  (Rousettus spinalatus)

IUCN Red List species status – Vulnerable
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Facts – Bare-backed rousette

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderChiroptera
FamilyPteropodidae
GenusRousettus (1)

Status – Bare-backed rousette

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1).

Description – Bare-backed rousette

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References

  1. IUCN Red List (February, 2010)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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Bare-backed rousette
Bare-backed rousette

© Matthew Struebig

Matthew Struebig
Research Associate
Queen Mary University of London,
School of Biological & Chemical Sciences,
Mile End Road,
London,
E1 4NS
United Kingdom

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