Black-eared Flying Fox
Pteropus melanotus
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 95
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
The black-eared flying fox, species Pteropus melanotus, is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats). Also known as Blyth's flying fox, it is found on the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (India), and in Sumatra (Indonesia). A population on Christmas Island, which is critically endangered, has been placed as a subspecies of this population, although it may be a distinct species. Pteropus natalis.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-eared flying fox”.