Kingdom Animalia Order Chiroptera Genus Pteropus Higher classification Flying foxes | Phylum Chordata Family Pteropodidae Scientific name Pteropus yapensis Rank Species | |
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Similar Pelew flying fox, Ontong Java flying fox, Banks flying fox, Solomons flying fox, New Caledonia flying fox | ||
The Yap flying fox (Pteropus yapensis) is a species of megabat in the Pteropus genus found on Yap Island. The species is listed on CITES Appendix I, and is classified as "Vulnerable" due to a major decline due to commercial hunting in the 1970s, and ongoing subsistence harvest.
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