Bonin Flying Fox | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Pteropus |
Species: | P. pselaphon |
Binomial name | |
Pteropus pselaphon Lay, 1829 |
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Bonin Flying Fox range |
The Bonin Flying Fox or Bonin Fruit Bat (Pteropus pselaphon) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to four islands (Chichijima, Hahajima, North Iwo Jima and South Iwo Jima) in Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.