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title: "Lyle's Flying-fox"
description: "Pteropus lylei — Ssaki. Lyle's flying fox (Pteropus lylei) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/lyle-s-flying-fox
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lyle's Flying-fox

> Pteropus lylei — Ssaki. Lyle's flying fox (Pteropus lylei) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae.

- Scientific name: *Pteropus lylei*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 459
- Wikidata: [Q635120](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q635120)
- iNaturalist taxon: [40898](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/40898)

## Names

- en: Lyle's Flying-fox
- de: Hinterindischer Flughund
- es: Zorro Volador De Lyle
- fr: Renard volant de Lyle
- nl: Lyles vleerhond

## Countries with the most observations

TH (104), KH (83)

## Summary

Lyle's flying fox (Pteropus lylei) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is found in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, with an outlying population in Yunnan, China. It faces persecution from farmers and it is killed for bushmeat in parts of its range. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being "vulnerable".

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle%27s_flying_fox

## Photo

![Lyle's Flying-fox](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lyle-s-flying-fox/medium.jpg)

Photo: Focus Saranpat Ouilapan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/128295300

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lyle-s-flying-fox?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).