Lyle's flying fox may be threatened when the trees die, if they have not been replaced by new plantings.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
Bismarck masked flying fox Bismarck masked flying fox The Bismarck masked flying fox ("Pteropus capistratus") is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae found in Papua New Guinea and named after the Bismarck Archipelago. It was originally considered a subspecies of "Pteropus temminckii" before being reassessed in 2001. This species has two subspecies, "P. c. capistratus" and "P. c. ennisae". The species has sometimes been classified as a subspecies of "Pteropus temminckii". The IUCN classified it as "Near Threatened" in 2009, noting that the rate of decline is almost high enough to reclassify the species as "Vulnerable." It is one of the