Pteropus personatus

DISTRIBUTION: Halmahera Isis.; N. Sulawesi.

Sumber: Order Chiroptera

Habitat. Forests and gardens with durian (Durio zibethinus, Malvaceae), nutmeg (Myristica fragrans, Myristicaceae), and clove trees (Syzygium aromaticum, Myrtaceae).

Sumber: Pteropodidae

Movements, Home range and Social organization. Several individuals visit a feeding tree, but branches with many fruits are defended against conspecifics. During feeding and flight, Moluccan Masked Flying Foxes can be recognized by their vocalizations that alternate between birdlike whistling and typical flying fox chatter.

Sumber: Pteropodidae

Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Hunting of Moluccan Masked Flying Foxes does not seem to be a major threat now. Nevertheless, very little is known about the Moluccan Masked Flying Fox, and there are no records from protected areas. Extensive surveys on population size and effects of bushmeat trade and forest loss and degeneration on population and distribution are necessary. Protection of roosting places and encouraging local communities to conserve nature should be developed.

Sumber: Pteropodidae

Descriptive notes. Head-body 124 - 149 - 2 mm (tailless), ear 19 - 5 - 22 - 3 mm, hindfoot 31 - 33 - 5 mm, forearm 86 - 98 - 5 mm; weight 92 - 153 g. Greatest lengths of skulls are 40 - 1 - 47 - 5 mm. The Moluccan Masked Flying Fox is small, with buff white facial mask sharply defined against blackish background, white mustache extending over cheek and up to eyes, middle nasalstripe, and large post-ocular stripe. Ears are oval or rounded and slightly longer than muzzle. Crown, back of head, neck, and parts of chest are straw yellow. Rest of chest, belly, and flanks are pale wood-brown. Back is brownish gray to silvery white, with creamy tinge. Furis soft and dense, thinning out along arms. Claw on index finger is well developed. Wing membranes are mostly unpigmented, with mottled appearance, being whitish toward leading edges and tips of wings. Skull is small, with strong basicranial deflection, thin rostrum, very large orbits with long recurved postorbital processes, weak zygomatic arches, rather wide palate, and globose braincase with separate temporal lines. Body and coronoid process of mandible are weak; angle is wide and rounded. On average, skull of subspecies acityae is smaller. Dental formula for most species of Plempusis 12 / 2, C 1 / 1, P 3 / 3, M 2 / 3 (x 2) = 34. Teeth are reduced in size, especially molars. Inner lower incisors are much smaller than outer ones. Cingulum of C' and C, is very weak. Canines are thin and long, and cheekteeth are very small and generally low.

Sumber: Pteropodidae

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Sumber: Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae