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Black-bearded Flying-fox
Pteropus melanopogon
The black-bearded flying fox (Pteropus melanopogon) is an endangered species of megabat in the Pteropus genus. It is endemic to Indonesia, found on the islands of Ambon, Buru, Seram, Banda, and Yamdena. Currently considered monotypic, it formerly included the Aru flying fox and Kei flying fox as subspecies.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40897.