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Talaud flying fox
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Acerodon
Species: A. humilis
Binomial name
Acerodon humilis
K. Andersen, 1909
Talaud flying fox range

The Talaud flying fox or Talaud fruit bat (Acerodon humilis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the islands of Salebabu and Karekaleng in the Talaud Archipelago of Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.

The first scientific description was by Knud Andersen in an article from 1909.

Conservation

Threats include hunting and habitat loss from logging.

Sources

  1. ^ Hutson, A.M.; Kingston, T. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Acerodon humilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
  2. "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. Knud Andersen (1909). "Notes on the Genus Acerodon, with a Synopsis of its Species and Subspecies, and Descriptions of Four new Forms". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3: 20–29. doi:10.1080/00222930908692540. ISSN 0374-5481. Wikidata Q115707434.
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
Acerodon humilis


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