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Temotu Flying Fox
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Information
Range Solomon Islands
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Chiroptera
Family Pteropodidae
Genus Pteropus
Species Pteropus nitendiensis
Conservation Status
ENSpecies
Endangered

The Temotu flying fox (Pteropus nitendiensis), is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. It is threatened by habitat destruction due to subsistence agricultural practices, as well as natural disasters such as tropical cyclones.

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