Bonin flying fox Bonin flying fox The Bonin flying fox, Bonin fruit bat ("Pteropus pselaphon"), or in Japanese is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to four islands (Chichijima, Hahajima, North Iwo Jima, and South Iwo Jima) in Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Its natural habitat is subtropical forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Bonin flying fox was described by British naturalist George Tradescant Lay in 1829. He gave it the species name "pselaphon" as a reference to "the habit of feeling instead of seeing its way in the day time." "Pselaphon" is a New Latin word
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