| Long-haired fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| 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
References
- 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.