Ryukyu Flying Fox
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. dasymallus |
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| Pteropus dasymallus Temminck, 1825 |
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The Ryukyu Flying Fox or Ryukyu Fruit Bat (Pteropus dasymallus) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Japan, Taiwan and in the Batanes and Babuyan Islands of the Philippines. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
[edit] Subspecies
There are five subspecies.[1]
- Daito fruit bat - P. d. daitoensis
- Erabu fruit bat - P. d. dasymallus
- Taiwanese fruit bat - P. d. formosus
- Orii's fruit bat - P. d. inopinatus
- Yaeyama fruit bat - P. d. yayeyamae
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Putz, B. 2000. "Pteropus dasymallus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed September 16, 2010 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Pteropus_dasymallus.html.
[edit] References
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Pteropus dasymallus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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