Pteropus speciosus (Kalong laut, Philippine Gray Flying Fox)

Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Chordata, Class: Mammalia, Order: Chiroptera, Family: Pteropodidae, Genus: Pteropus, Species: P. speciosus
Binomial name
Pteropus speciosus,K. Andersen, 1908
The Philippine Gray Flying Fox (Pteropus speciosus) is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Indonesia and the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
DISTRIBUTION—Two islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, and the Mindanao and Sulu faunal region. Reported from Basilan (USNM), Malanipa (USNM), Mindanao (Zamboanga del Sur Province [FMNH]), Sanga-sanga (DMNH), Sibutu (DMNH), and Tawi-tawi (AMNH).

HABITAT—Virtually unknown. Recent reports from Tawi-tawi indicate that they are represented by at least several large colonies.

STATUS—Unknown; geographically restricted. IUCN: Vulnerable. CITES: Appendix II.

COMMENT—Includes P. mearnsi (Heaney et al., 1987); may be conspecific with P. griseus (Mickleburgh et al., 1992). Some previous reports from Cebu, Mactan, and Negros were based on subadult P. hypomelanus.