Pohle's fruit bat  (Scotonycteris ophiodon)

Pohle's fruit bat is known from only a few locations, areas where the forest is being degraded or lost to agriculture, mining and logging (1). This habitat destruction is suspected to have reduced numbers of Pohle's fruit bat. Populations are predicted to continue to decline in the future, making this fruit bat at risk from extinction (1).

Pohle's fruit bat is known to occur in at least one protected area, the Taï National Park in Côte d'Ivoire (4), but further measures, including the management of existing protected areas, have been recommended by IUCN, the global conservation organization which has classified this bat as Endangered (1).