| Palawan fruit bat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Acerodon |
| Species: | A. leucotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Acerodon leucotis (Sanborn, 1950)
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| Palawan fruit bat range | |
The Palawan fruit bat (Acerodon leucotis), also known as the Palawan flying fox, is a species of megabat found in forests of Palawan, Balabac and Busuanga in the Philippines.[3] It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN and is declining due to hunting and habitat loss.[1]
- ^ a b Mildenstein, T.; Widmann, P.; Lacerna, I.; Paguntalan, L.; Jakosalem, P.G. (2020). "Acerodon leucotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T140A21988055. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T140A21988055.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–529. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.