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Caroline Flying Fox

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Pteropus
Species:	P. The conservation status of a Species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species remaining extant either in the present day or the near future Organisms with a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data List) created in 1963 is the world's most comprehensive inventory of the global Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Mammals ( class Mammalia) are a class of Vertebrate Animals characterized by the presence of Sweat glands, including sweat glands For other uses of the term "Flying fox" see Flying fox (disambiguation Megabats is the term used informally to refer to bats Bats of the genus Pteropus, belonging to the Megachiroptera sub-order are the largest Bats in the world molossinus

Binomial name

Pteropus molossinus
Temminck, 1853

The Caroline Flying Fox or Pohnpei Flying-fox (Pteropus molossinus) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. Coenraad Jacob Temminck ( March 31, 1778, Amsterdam - January 30, 1858, Lisse) was a Dutch aristocrat and For other uses of the term "Flying fox" see Flying fox (disambiguation Megabats is the term used informally to refer to bats It is endemic to Micronesia. Endemism is the Ecological state of being unique to a place Endemic species are not naturally found elsewhere Micronesia, from the Greek mikros (μικρός (meaning small) and nesos (νῆσος (meaning island) is a Subregion Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. A habitat (which is Latin for "it inhabits" is an Ecological or environmental area that is inhabited by a particular Species. A forest is an area with a high density of Trees There are many definitions of a forest based on various criteria It is threatened by habitat loss. Habitat destruction is the process in which natural Habitat is rendered functionally unable to support the species originally present

Source

Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Pteropus molossinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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