Masked flying fox
| Masked flying fox | |
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| Pteropus personatus | |
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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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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 2 Helgen, K. & Salas, L. (2008). "Pteropus personatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- 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.
- ↑ Theodore H. Fleming; Paul A. Racey (15 March 2010). Island Bats: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation. University of Chicago Press. pp. 546–. ISBN 978-0-226-25331-2.
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