Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii) Description
Livingstone’s Fruit Bat Pteropus livingstonii in Bristol Zoo, Bristol, England.
An alternative name is Livingstone's Flying Fox.
Lives in the Comoro Islands near Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Eats fruit, leaves and flowers.
Wingspan 1.4 metres.
Date September 2005
Source Photographed by Adrian Pingstone
Author Adrian Pingstone
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bristol.zoo.livfruitbat.arp.jpg
Livingstone's fruit bat (Pteropus livingstonii), also called the Comoro flying fox or Comoro black flying fox, is a megabat in the genus Pteropus. It is an Old World fruit bat found only in the Anjouan and Mohéli islands in the Union of the Comoros in the western Indian Ocean. Order: Chiroptera, Suborder: Megachiroptera, Family: Pteropodidae.
