Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat

Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Styloctenium
Species:
S. wallacei
Binomial name
Styloctenium wallacei
(Gray, 1866)
Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat range
Synonyms

Pteropus wallacei Gray, 1866

The Wallace's or Sulawesi stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium wallacei) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi and the nearby Togian Islands of Indonesia. Cave paintings resembling these bats have been found in Australia, where bats of this kind are not otherwise known.

  1. ^ Sheherazade. (2021). "Styloctenium wallacei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T21100A203829571. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T21100A203829571.en. Retrieved 17 December 2023.