Pemba flying fox  (Pteropus voeltzkowi)

Range

Endemic to Pemba Island, 40 km off the coast of mainland Tanzania in the Indian Ocean (1). Ninety-four percent of the Pemba flying fox population is found in just ten roost sites (5).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The Pemba flying fox is found in both primary and secondary forest, as well as in graveyards and mangroves (5).

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