Geelvink Bay flying fox
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. pohlei
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| Pteropus pohlei , 1933
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| Geelvink Bay flying fox range | |
The Geelvink Bay flying fox or Geelvink Bay fruit bat (Pteropus pohlei) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the islands of Yapen, Numfor, and , which lie north of New Guinea in Indonesia's Papua Province. The name comes from Geelvink Bay, now Cenderawasih Bay.
It is common over a small area, and the population trend is decreasing. Major threats to the species are loss of habitat due to timber harvesting, and hunting.[1]
Sources[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Mildenstein, T. (2016). "Pteropus pohlei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18750A22085786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T18750A22085786.en.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Pteropus
- Bats of Oceania
- Bats of Indonesia
- Mammals of Papua New Guinea
- Mammals of Western New Guinea
- Cenderawasih Bay
- Vulnerable fauna of Asia
- Vulnerable fauna of Oceania
- Mammals described in 1933
- Biak–Numfoor rain forests
- Yapen Islands
- Fruit bat stubs