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Angolan rousette

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Angolan Fruit Bat
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L. angolensis
Binomial name
Lissonycteris angolensis
(Bocage, 1898)
Synonyms

Rousettus angolensis (Bocage, 1898)

The Angolan Fruit Bat or Angolan Rousette (Lissonycteris angolensis) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, moist savanna, and rocky areas.

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