Talaud Flying Fox
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| Talaud Flying Fox | |
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| Conservation status | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Acerodon |
| Species: | A. humilis |
| Binomial name | |
| Acerodon humilis K. Andersen, 1909 |
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| Talaud Flying Fox range | |
The Talaud Flying Fox or Talaud Fruit Bat (Acerodon humilis) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to the islands of Salebabu and Karekaleng in the Talaud archipelago of Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.
[edit] Threats
Listed as Endangered because its extent of occurrence is less than 5,000 km², its range is severely fragmented, and there is ongoing decline in the extent and quality of its habitat, and the number of individuals due to hunting.
— IUCN , 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Threats include hunting and habitat loss from logging [1]
[edit] Source
- ^ a b Hutson, A.M., Kingston, T. & Helgen, K. (2008). Acerodon humilis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 13 January 2009.
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