| Long-haired fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily: | Rousettinae |
| Tribe: | Stenonycterini Nesi et al, 2012 |
| Genus: | Stenonycteris Thomas, 1906 |
| Species: | S. lanosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenonycteris lanosa (Thomas, 1906)
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| Long-haired rousette range | |
The long-haired fruit bat (Stenonycteris lanosa), also known as the long-haired rousette, is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only member of the genus Stenonycteris. It was formerly classified in the genus Rousettus until a 2013 phylogenetic study found it to belong to its own genus and tribe.[2]
It is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Toomey, C.; Helmick, S.; Chun, E.; Webala, P.; Wechuli, D.; Waldien, D.L. (2025). "Stenonycteris lanosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T19758A230962320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T19758A230962320.en. Retrieved 24 November 2025.
- ^ Nesi, N.; Kadjo, B.; Pourrut, X.; Leroy, E.; Shongo, C.P.; Cruaud, C. & Hassanin, A. (2013). "Molecular systematics and phylogeography of the tribe Myonycterini (Mammalia, Pteropodidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear markers" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 66 (1): 126–137. Bibcode:2013MolPE..66..126N. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.028. PMID 23063885.[dead link]
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