Palawan Flying Fox Acerodon leucotis (Sanborn, 1950)

Common Names: Paniki, kabag, bayakan Status: No current information IUCN: Distribution: Philippines only; endemic to the Palawan Faunal Region. Recorded from Balabac (USNM), Busuanga (FMNH), and Palawan (FMNH) Habitat : Uncertain, but probably moderately common in primary and secondary forest (Hoogstraal, 1951). Threats: It's population has plummeted due to hunting and habitat destruction. Interesting Information: Moderately common in the late 1940s. Part of the family of Pteropodidae or Fruit Bats. Comments: Formerly placed in the genus Pteropus (Musser et al., 1982). IUCN: Vulnerale. CITES: Appendix II. Conservation Efforts/Measures: Wildlife Ecologist for the study of the Giant Fruit Bat , Bat Learning Center Photograph Information: Courtesy of the JHU. Not actual subspecies picture - just an example to show what the Acerodon GENUS looks like

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