Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat

Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Epomops
Species:	E. buettikoferi
Binomial name
Epomops buettikoferi (Matschie, 1899)
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat range
Synonyms
Epomophorus büttikoferi Matschie, 1899

Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat (Epomops buettikoferi) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and savanna.^[1]