D'Anchieta's Fruit Bat (Plerotes anchietae) is a species

Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...

 of megabat

Megabat

Megabats constitute the suborder Megachiroptera, family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera . They are also called fruit bats, old world fruit bats, or flying foxes.-Description:...

 in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only species

Monotypic

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group with only one biological type. The term's usage differs slightly between botany and zoology. The term monotypic has a separate use in conservation biology, monotypic habitat, regarding species habitat conversion eliminating biodiversity and...

 in the genus

Genus

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 Plerotes. It is found in Angola

Angola

Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...

, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

, Malawi

Malawi

The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...

, and Zambia

Zambia

Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....

, where it lives in subtropical or tropical dry forest

Forest

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s, dry savanna

Savanna

A savanna, or savannah, is a grassland ecosystem characterized by the trees being sufficiently small or widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to support an unbroken herbaceous layer consisting primarily of C4 grasses.Some...

, and moist savanna. It is listed as Data Deficient

Data Deficient

Data Deficient is a category applied by the IUCN, other agencies, and individuals to a species when the available information is not sufficient for a proper assessment of conservation status to be made...

 on the IUCN Red List

IUCN Red List

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. The scientific and common name

Common name

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s for the species commemorate José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta

José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta

José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta was a 19th century Portuguese explorer and naturalist who, between 1866 and 1897, travelled extensively in Angola, Africa, collecting animals and plants...

, who is also honoured in the names of Anchieta's Pipistrelle

Anchieta's Pipistrelle

Anchieta's Pipistrelle is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar....

 (Hypsugo anchietae) and the Angolan Vlei Rat

Angolan Vlei Rat

The Angolan Vlei Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Angola.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland....

 (Otomys anchietae). It was described in 1900 by Antero Frederico de Seabra, under the name Epomorphus anchietae.