The Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium mindorense) is a large megabat endemic to the island of Mindoro, nicknamed the flying fox for its fox-like face although it is not a flying fox. It ranked sixth in the top ten species of 2008 chosen by the International Institute for Species Exploration. Aboriginal rock art some 20,000 years old from near Kalumburu in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, in the Bradshaw style, shows several bats similar to this species hanging from a branch or vine, and the clear facial markings led researchers to conclude that the subjects were this species or a close relative. The Wikipedia list of pteropodids gives its IUCN status as endangered.
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S. mindorensis is the 74th chiropteran species to be found in the Philippines and the country's 26th endemic one.
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1. Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat (Wikipedia)
Distribution, Philippines
S. mindorensis is the 74th chiropteran species to be found in the Philippines and the country's 26th endemic one.
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While no population studies have been done so far on the species, it has been suggested that it may be threatened by hunting and habitat loss due to the general deforestation of forests on Mindoro.
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While no population studies have been done so far on the species, it has been suggested that it may be threatened by hunting and habitat loss due to the general deforestation of forests on Mindoro.
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While no population studies have been done so far on the species, it has been suggested that it may be threatened by hunting and habitat loss due to the general deforestation of forests on Mindoro.
Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
The Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium mindorensis), nicknamed the "flying fox" for its foxlike face (although it is not a flying fox bat), is a species of large megabat that is endemic to the island of Mindoro.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The Mindoro stripe-faced fruit bat (Styloctenium mindorensis), nicknamed the "flying fox" for its foxlike face (although it is not a flying fox bat), is a species of large megabat that is endemic to the island of Mindoro.
View the Source2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5787466: species profile of Styloctenium mindorense
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"extinct": false
3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5787466: IUCN Red List category of Styloctenium mindorense
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"category": "ENDANGERED"
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