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title: "Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat"
description: "Epomophorus crypturus — Mammiferi. The Peters's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus crypturus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/peters-s-epauletted-fruit-bat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat

> Epomophorus crypturus — Mammiferi. The Peters's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus crypturus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.

- Scientific name: *Epomophorus crypturus*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 188
- Wikidata: [Q1762005](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1762005)
- iNaturalist taxon: [64485](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/64485)

## Names

- en: Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat
- de: Peters' Epaulettenflughund
- es: Murcielago Come-fruta
- fr: Épomophore de Peters

## Countries with the most observations

BW (67), ZM (40), NA (36), ZW (25)

## Summary

The Peters's epauletted fruit bat (Epomophorus crypturus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is in riverine or evergreen forest, or moist woodland, where there are fruit-bearing trees.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peters%27s_epauletted_fruit_bat

## Photo

![Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/peters-s-epauletted-fruit-bat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Simon Tonge · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8614382

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/peters-s-epauletted-fruit-bat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).