| Salim Ali's fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Latidens Thonglongya, 1972 |
| Species: | L. salimalii
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| Binomial name | |
| Latidens salimalii Thonglongya, 1972
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| Salim Ali's Fruit Bat range | |
Salim Ali's fruit bat (Latidens salimalii) is a rare megabat species in the monotypic genus Latidens. It was first collected by Angus Hutton, a planter and naturalist in the High Wavy Mountains in the Western Ghats of Theni district, Tamil Nadu in South India in 1948. It was initially misidentified as a short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus) but later identified by Kitti Thonglongya as a new species and was named after Indian ornithologist Salim Ali in 1972.
- ^ Srinivasulu, C.; Srinivasulu, B. (2020). "Latidens salimalii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T11374A22103756. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T11374A22103756.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.