Peters’s Fruit Bat
Cynopterus luzoniensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassMammalia (Mammals)
- OrderChiroptera (Bats)
- FamilyPteropodidae (Old World Fruit Bats)
- GenusCynopterus (Short-nosed Fruit Bats)
- SpeciesCynopterus luzoniensis (Peters’s Fruit Bat)
About the Peters’s Fruit Bat
Peters's fruit bat (Cynopterus luzoniensis) is a species of megabat within the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Sulawesi, Philippines, and adjacent small islands. Peters. 1861. Monatsberichte der Koniglich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1861: 708.
Conservation status: IUCN link: Cynopterus luzoniensis (Not Evaluated) Cynopterus luzoniensis on Mammal Species of the World. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Tangkoko Nature Reserve
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tangkoko Nature Reserve | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
More parks will be added in future updates.