Masked flying fox

Masked flying fox
Pteropus personatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species: P. personatus
Binomial name
Pteropus personatus
Temminck, 1825
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 Helgen, K. & Salas, L. (2008). "Pteropus personatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1 (3.1). International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
  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.


  1. 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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