Micropteropus pusillus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Eutheria
Ordo: Chiroptera
Subordo: Megachiroptera
Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Epomophorini
Genus: Micropteropus
Species: Micropteropus pusillus

Name

Micropteropus pusillus Peters, 1867

Type locality: Nigeria, Yoruba.

References

* Peters. 1867 Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867: 870.

Distribution

* Senegal and Gambia east to Ethiopia and Sudan
* South to Angola, Zambia, Burundi, and Tanzania

Vernacular names
English: Peters's Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat

Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat (Micropteropus pusillus) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.
References

* Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. 2004. Micropteropus pusillus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.