Ashy-headed flying fox assessed as a vulnerable species by the IUCN. It meets the criteria for this assessment because its population decline has been at least 30% from 1992–2016. Additionally, it is experiencing habitat fragmentation, and it is losing habitat due to logging and mining activities. Ashy-headed flying fox The ashy-headed flying fox or North Moluccan flying fox ("Pteropus caniceps") is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia. It was described as a new species in 1870 by British zoologist John Edward Gray. The holotype had been collected on the Bacan Islands by Alfred Russel Wallace. Its
Rennell flying fox The holotype was the only known individual of these species until 1958, when two more were collected. It is currently listed as an endangered species by the IUCN; its 2017 assessment uplisted it from its 2008 status of vulnerable. A 2016 study stated that the Rennell's flying fox is one of the land mammals most threatened by overhunting. Because the species has such a small range, it is susceptible to extinction via natural disaster; a single cyclone could conceivably extinct this species. Rennell flying fox The Rennell flying fox ("Pteropus rennelli") is a species of flying fox found in the