Bonin flying fox

The Bonin flying fox, also known as the Bonin fruit bat (Pteropus pselaphon), is a flying fox of the family Pteropodidae that is endemic to four islands of the Bonin Islands group in Japan: Chichijima, Hahajima, North Iwo Jima and South Iwo Jima. Its natural habitat is subtropical forest, and it is threatened by habitat loss. The British naturalist George Tradescant Lay described it in 1829 and gave it the species name pselaphon, from the Greek for to grope about, a reference to the habit of feeling instead of seeing its way in the day time. Because the genus Pteropus is speciose it is divided into species groups, and this species has traditionally identified the pselaphon group.