Lyle's flying fox may be threatened when the trees die, if they have not been replaced by new plantings. Another threat the bats face is hunting in Thailand and Cambodia and persecution by farmers across their range trying to protect their orchards. The International Union for Conservation of Nature estimates that populations have declined by more than 30% within the last fifteen years and has rated the conservation status of this flying fox as "vulnerable". Lyle's flying fox Lyle's flying fox ("Pteropus lylei") is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, with an
Rennell flying fox Rennell flying fox The Rennell flying fox ("Pteropus rennelli") is a species of flying fox found in the Solomon Islands. It is an endangered species risking extinction. It was described as a new species in 1929 by Australian mammalogist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton. As the genus "Pteropus" is speciose, it is divided into closely related species groups. The Rennell flying fox is in the ""samoensis"" species group. Its species name ""rennelli"" comes from Rennell Island, which is part of the Solomon Islands. Rennell Island was where the holotype was collected, and remains the only known location of this species. In