Lyle's Flying Fox
Pteropus lylei
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 94
- Most observed in
- 🇰🇭 Cambodia
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
Description
Lyle's flying fox (Pteropus lylei) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, with an outlying population in Yunnan, China. It faces persecution from farmers and it is killed for bushmeat in parts of its range. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being "vulnerable".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Lyle's flying fox”.