CHIROPTERA Blumenbach, 1779

Amori, Giovanni, Segniagbeto, Gabriel Hoinsoude, Decher, Jan, Assou, Delagnon, Gippoliti, Spartaco & Luiselli, Luca, 2016, Non-marine mammals of Togo (West Africa): an annotated checklist, Zoosystema 38 (2), pp. 201-244 : 215

Order CHIROPTERA Blumenbach, 1779

REMARK

Several species belonging to this order, especially the fruit bats ( Pteropodidae Gray, 1821 ), are often traded for traditional medicine in fetish markets across Togo ( Fig. 12 ) and also as food in bushmeat markets.

Figures

FIG. 12. — Fruit bats are often traded for traditional medicine in fetish markets across Togo. Photograph: Luca Luiselli.