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Geelvink Bay flying fox

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Species of bat

Geelvink Bay flying fox
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species: P. pohlei
Binomial name
Pteropus pohlei
Stein, 1933
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 Rani, 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.

Sources

  1. ^ Mildenstein, T. (2016). "Pteropus pohlei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18750A22085786. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T18750A22085786.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Extant species of family Pteropodidae
Subfamily Nyctimeninae
Nyctimene
(tube-nosed fruit bats)
Paranyctimene
Subfamily Cynopterinae
Aethalops
(Pygmy fruit bats)
Alionycteris
Balionycteris
Chironax
Cynopterus
(Dog-faced fruit bats)
Dyacopterus
(Dayak fruit bats)
Haplonycteris
Latidens
Megaerops
Otopteropus
Penthetor
Ptenochirus
(Musky fruit bats)
Sphaerias
Thoopterus
Subfamily Harpyionycterinae
Aproteles
Dobsonia
(Bare-backed fruit bats)
Harpyionycteris
Subfamily Macroglossinae
Macroglossus
(Long-tongued fruit bats)
Melonycteris
Notopteris
(Long-tailed fruit bats)
Syconycteris
(blossom bats)
Subfamily Pteropodinae
Acerodon
Desmalopex
Eidolon
(Straw-coloured fruit bats)
Mirimiri
Neopteryx
Pteralopex
Pteropus
(flying foxes)
Styloctenium
Subfamily Rousettinae
Eonycteris
(Dawn fruit bats)
Rousettus
(rousette fruit bats)
Subfamily Epomophorinae
Epomophorini
Epomophorus
(Epauleted fruit bats)
Epomops
(Epauleted bats)
Hypsignathus
Micropteropus
(Dwarf epauleted bats)
Nanonycteris
Myonycterini
Lissonycteris
Megaloglossus
Myonycteris
(Little collared fruit bats)
Plerotini
Plerotes
Scotonycterini
Casinycteris
Scotonycteris
Taxon identifiers
Pteropus pohlei


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