Rousettus aegyptiacus unicolor (Gray, 1870)

Monadjem, Ara, Richards, Leigh & Denys, Christiane, 2016, An African bat hotspot: the exceptional importance of Mount Nimba for bat diversity, Acta Chiropterologica 18 (2), pp. 359-375 : 364

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.3161/15081109ACC2016.18.2.005
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4341749
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03BD87F4-3F74-6D41-FCBD-F9D6FC31F874
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Rousettus aegyptiacus unicolor (Gray, 1870)
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Rousettus aegyptiacus unicolor (Gray, 1870) View in CoL

During this study, this species was only captur- ed on the Guinean side of Mt Nimba, but had previously been recorded from the Liberian side ( Coe, 1975; Verschuren, 1977; Wolton et al., 1982). Its apparent disappearance from the Liberian side may be as a result of disturbance to roosting sites, presumably due to hunting of bats for food, as reported by local hunters (P. Farnloe, personal communication).