Comoro Black Flying Fox (Pteropus livingstonii) is the largest, rarest bat found in the Comores and is listed as critically endangered. They have very slow wing beats and often glide instead of flying. They use updrafts of warmair to help extend their gliding distance. It lives in
montane forests on the islands of Anjouan and Moheli where its habitat is declining as a result of deforestation and human predadation. Black flying foxes exist at an estimated population of 400 individuals. Rapid destruction of the forest habitats they rely on indicates these flying foxes may become extinct within 10 years.
