| SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION |
| COMMON NAME: | Malayan flying fox, large flying fox, flying fox |
| KINGDOM: | Animalia |
| PHYLUM: | Chordata |
| CLASS: | Mammalia |
| ORDER: | Chiroptera |
| FAMILY: | Pteropodidae |
| GENUS SPECIES: | Pteropus vampyrus |
| FAST FACTS |
| DESCRIPTION: | Overall coloration is gray—brown to black with yellow areas between the shoulders. As suggested by their common name, their heads are fox—like in appearance. |
| SIZE: | wingspan = 1.8 m (6 ft.) |
| WEIGHT: | 1,000 g (2.5 lb.) |
| DIET: | frugivores; eat fruits, flowers, nectar, pollen, and leaves |
| GESTATION: | 4.5 to 6.5 months |
| SEXUAL MATURITY: | 18 to 24 months |
| LIFE SPAN: | 20 to 30 years |
| RANGE: | Southeast Asia—including Vietnam, Burma, Malay peninsula, Borneo, Phillippines, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Isles, and Anak Krakatau |
| HABITAT: | Rainforests |
| STATUS: | IUCN | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| CITES | Appendix II |
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