Lesser flying fox
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Species of bat
Lesser flying fox | |
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Pteropus |
Species: | P. mahaganus
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Binomial name | |
Pteropus mahaganus Sanborn, 1931
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Lesser flying fox range |
The lesser flying fox or Sanborn's flying fox (Pteropus mahaganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The species is poorly known, but is believed to inhabit coastal lowlands, including tropical rainforest. Although the species has been found plantations, the habitat of the species is fragmented by increasing agriculture and logging.[1]
Sources[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lavery, T.H. 2017. Pteropus mahaganus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T18736A22082180. http://oldredlist.iucnredlist.org/details/18736/0 Downloaded on 19 September 2017.
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