Madagascan Flying Fox

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Madagascan Flying Fox
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species: P. rufus
Binomial name
Pteropus rufus
Tiedemann, 1808

The Madagascan Flying Fox, Madagascar Flying-fox, or Madagascar Fruit Bat (Pteropus rufus) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to Madagascar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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