White-winged flying fox

The white-winged flying fox (Desmalopex leucoptera), also known as the mottle-winged flying fox is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. They are endemic to the Philippines. Their natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests.^[1] In 2008, Giannini et al. revived the genus Desmalopex and placed D. leucoptera in it.^[2]

White-winged flying fox
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Chiroptera
Family:	Pteropodidae
Genus:	Desmalopex
Species:	D. leucoptera
Binomial name
Desmalopex leucoptera Temminck, 1853
White-winged flying fox range
Synonyms
Pteropus leucopterus