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Comoro rousette

The Comoro rousette is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae endemic to the Comoros Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, caves, plantations, and urban areas.

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Comoro rousette
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Rousettus
Species:
R. obliviosus
Binomial name
Rousettus obliviosus
Kock, 1978
Comoro rousette range

The Comoro rousette (Rousettus obliviosus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae endemic to the Comoros Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, caves, plantations, and urban areas.1

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  1. Sewall, B.J. (2020) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Rousettus obliviosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T19757A166527449. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T19757A166527449.en. Retrieved 30 July 2020.