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Blanford's Fruit Bat
Sphaerias blanfordi
Blanford's fruit bat (Sphaerias blanfordi) is a mountain species of megabat. The only recording of it was from the Doi Suthep-Pui National Park in Chiengmai, Thailand. According to Lekagul and McNeely (1977), the species is confined to the Thai-Burmese border, Uttar Pradesh in India and eastern Nepal.
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Range & habitat
It occurs in several countries in South and Southeast Asia, including Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. In 2010, it was documented in Laos for the first time. It has been documented at a range of elevations from 308–2,710 m (1,010–8,891 ft) above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Range and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40951.