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No, it was not a flying fox, though to the French who discovered the animal, it did look like a flying European fox due to the similar colours.
The Small Mauritian flying fox was actually a species of megabat. It became extinct in the 19th century due to habitat loss and hunting.
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∙ 10y agoThe Small Mauritian flying fox died out due to the actions of mankind.
When the French colonised Réunion and Mauritius, the habitat of the bat, they cleared the natural habitat so the bat had little places to live and they also hunted it as a prize. The last live small Mauritian flying fox was seen in the 19th century.
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