title: Lesser flying fox
text: # Lesser flying fox
  
  The lesser flying fox or Sanborn's flying fox (Pteropus mahaganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The species is poorly known, but is believed to inhabit coastal lowlands, including tropical rainforest. Although the species has been found plantations, the habitat of the species is fragmented by increasing agriculture and logging.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * 1 2 Lavery, T.H. (2017). "Pteropus mahaganus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T18736A22082180. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T18736A22082180.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  
  vteExtant species of family Pteropodidae :
  
  Kingdom: Animalia
  
  Phylum: Chordata
  
  Class: Mammalia
  
  Infraclass: Eutheria
  
  Superorder: Laurasiatheria
  
  Order: Chiroptera :
  
  Subfamily Nyctimeninae :
  
  Subfamily Cynopterinae :
  
  Subfamily Harpyionycterinae :
  
  Subfamily Macroglossinae :
  
  Subfamily Pteropodinae :
  
  Subfamily Rousettinae :
  
  Subfamily Epomophorinae :
  
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