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Pohle's Fruit Bat

Casinycteris ophiodon

Classification

Pohle's fruit bat (Casinycteris ophiodon) is a near threatened species of megabat found in the subtropical and tropical forests of Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Liberia. Taxonomy In 2014, its taxonomy was revised. While it was previously in the genus Scotonycteris, analysis of mitochondrial DNA showed that it should be placed in Casinycteris to avoid paraphyly of Scotonycteris.

Distribution

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