Masked flying fox

Masked flying fox
	Pteropus personatus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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

^ ^a ^b Tsang, S.M. (2016). "Pteropus personatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18747A22084787.
^ ^a ^b 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.

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[IUCN-1] Tsang, S.M. (2016). "Pteropus personatus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18747A22084787.

[WilsonReeder2005-2] 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.

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