Pteropus conspicillatus

Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCNRed List. The Spectacled Flying Fox has a wide distribution and large population that is not declining at a rate to qualify for a threatened category. In Indonesia, it is threatened by habitat loss from logging and mining and hunting. In New Guinea, it is threatened by logging and hunting. In Australia, it is threatened by habitat conversion to agriculture, pastureland, and urban area. Additional threats include electrocution on powerlines, entanglement on barbed wire or powerlines, persecution by humans, disturbance of maternity colonies, and infestation with paralysis ticks. Paralysis ticks cause mortality, especially of young, and are likely the consequence of habitat modifications pushing Spectacled Flying Foxes to forage in lowerforest strata. They face increased persecution due to public concerns about diseases, smell, and noise associated with large colonies, particularly when they move into new areas. Subsidies for installing netting to protect crops in New South Wales, Australia, and reduction of number oflicenses to shoot flying foxes have been initiated to reduce potential for mortality. Extreme heat events have caused mass mortalities in Australia.

Sumber: Pteropodidae