| Moluccan flying fox | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. chrysoproctus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus chrysoproctus Temminck, 1837 | |
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| Moluccan flying fox range | |
The Moluccan flying fox (Pteropus chrysoproctus), also known as the Ambon flying fox, is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus.
It is found in the low-lying forests (less than 250 m above sea level) of Seram Island (including Manusela National Park), Buru, Ambon and the nearby Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia.
Another Pteropus species, P. argentatus, was until recently considered to be the same species as P. chrysoproctus.
The habitat has an area of less than 20,000 km and is decreasing due to logging. For this reason, and because of hunting by the local population, these species have been listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN.
References
- ^ Tsang, S.M. (2016). "Pteropus chrysoproctus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T99688187A22078625. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T99688187A22078625.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1837) Mongr. Mamm. 2: 267
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Pteropus chrysoproctus | |
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- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Pteropus
- Bats of Indonesia
- Endemic fauna of Indonesia
- Endemic fauna of Seram Island
- Fauna of Buru
- Fauna of the Lesser Sunda Islands
- Fauna of the Maluku Islands
- Vulnerable fauna of Asia
- Vulnerable fauna of Oceania
- Mammals described in 1837
- Taxa named by Coenraad Jacob Temminck
- Fruit bat stubs