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Pohnpei Flying-fox
Pteropus molossinus
The Caroline flying fox or Pohnpei flying fox (Pteropus molossinus) is a species of megabat in the Pteropus genus, endemic to Micronesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. Prior to a ban on commercial exploitation, it was hunted for export substantially impacted the abundance. It is threatened by habitat loss due to expanding plantations.
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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 40926.