Moluccan Masked Flying Fox
Pteropus personatus Temminck, 1825
Also calledMaskenflughund (deu) · Raposa-Voadora-mascarada (por) · Roussette masquée (fra) · Rudawka zamaskowana (pol) · Volpe volante mascherata delle molucche (ita) · Zorro Volador Enmascarado (spa) · kaloň škraboškový (ces) · naamiolenkko (fin) · Масковая летучая лисица (rus) · マスクオオコウモリ (jpn) · 가면날여우박쥐 (kor) · 말루쿠과일박쥐 (kor) · 말루쿠날여우박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Monogr. Mamm. vol.1 p.189
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
Distribution: North Molucca Isls (Halmahera and Obi Isl Groups), and Gag. Sulawesi records are erroneous; see Bergmans and Rozendaal (1988).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Halmahera Isis (Indonesia). The Sulawesi record is erroneous; see Bergmans and Rozendaal (1988: 65).
Order Chiroptera
activity
Activity patterns. Moluccan Masked Flying Foxes roost in the canopy during the day and become active at dusk. A specimen was caught from a roost in a plantation of pawpaw (Asimina, Annonaceae) trees. During sleep, conspicuous head is hidden between wings for camouflage.
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218674.