Talaud flying fox

Talaud flying fox
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific 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.[3]

Conservation

Threats include hunting and habitat loss from logging.[1]

Sources

Hutson, A.M.; Kingston, T. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Acerodon humilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2009.old-form url
"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
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.

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[IUCN-1] Hutson, A.M.; Kingston, T. & Helgen, K. (2008). "Acerodon humilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2009.old-form url

[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.