Orange Fruit Bat

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Orange Fruit Bat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Melonycteris
Species: M. aurantius
Binomial name
Melonycteris aurantius
Phillips, 1966

The Orange Fruit Bat (Melonycteris aurantius) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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