Halmahera blossom bat
| Halmahera blossom bat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Syconycteris |
| Species: | S. carolinae |
| Binomial name | |
| Syconycteris carolinae Rozendaal, 1984 | |
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| Halmahera blossom bat range | |
The Halmahera blossom bat (Syconycteris carolinae) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.
The bat is endemic to Halmahera and Bacan islands, of the northern Maluku Islands archipelago in Indonesia.
- Conservation
It is an IUCN Red List Vulnerable species because: its extent of occurrence is less than 20,000 km²; it is known only from three locations; and there is ongoing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat due to intensified habitat destruction.
Sources
- IUCN Red List-ver.3.1: report on Syconycteris carolinae (Halmahera blossom bat), Chiroptera Specialist Group, 2008 . accessed 3.13.2017.
- IUCN Red List of all current Threatened Species
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