Masked flying fox

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Masked flying fox
Pteropus personatus - Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria - Genoa, Italy - DSC02566.JPG
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species:
P. personatus
Binomial name
Pteropus personatus
Temminck, 1825
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Masked Flying Fox range

The masked flying fox, Moluccan masked flying fox or masked fruit bat (Pteropus personatus), is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. It is part of a species complex of closely related species. [2] The species is hunted. [1]

Distribution and habitat

The masked flying fox is native to the North Molluca Islands in Indonesia. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Tsang, S.M. (2016). "Pteropus personatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T18747A22084787. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18747A22084787.en . Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Don E. Wilson; DeeAnn M. Reeder (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. JHU Press. pp. 342–. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0.


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