Golden Short-palated Fruit Bat
Casinycteris argynnis Thomas, 1910
Also calledCasinyctère dorée (fra) · Casinyctére doré (fra) · Goldener Kurzgaumen-Flughund (deu) · Goldfarbener Kurzschnauzenflughund (deu) · Moczarowiec afrykański (pol) · kaloň krátkonebý (ces) · valkoposkihekko (fin) · Казиниктерис (rus) · アルギンフルーツコウモリ (jpn)
First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8 vol.6 p.111
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (nt).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Wetter and drier types of lowland Rainforest and Southern Rainforest Savanna biotic zones, swamp forests and mosaics of swamp and riverine forests, and secondary grasslands at elevations of 333 - 750 m.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. The Short-palated Fruit Bat roosts alone; one female was collected in dense foliage of a bush.
Pteropodidae
breeding
Breeding. Female Short-palated Fruit Bats have one young per pregnancy. Pregnant and lactating females were collected in January-February, but one pregnant female was captured in April. Young were recorded in January-February and May.
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2432853.