Dwarf fruit bat caught in mangrove scrub whilst working on bird project, sex female and forearm length 47.2mm

Author: (c) blackjohn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/blackjohn
Source: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/2616453

Peters' dwarf epauletted fruit bat (Micropteropus pusillus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna.The color of the bat is brown or white