Horsfield's fruit bat
| Horsfield's fruit bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Cynopterus |
| Species: | C. horsfieldii |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynopterus horsfieldii Gray, 1843 | |
| Horsfield's fruit bat range | |
Horsfield's fruit bat (Cynopterus horsfieldii) is a species of megabat native to South East Asia. It is named for Thomas Horsfield, an American naturalist who presented the type specimen to the British Museum.
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