Species profile—Pteropus scapulatus (little red flying-fox)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Pteropodidae (Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats and Blossom-bats) → Pteropus scapulatus (little red flying-fox)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Pteropodidae (Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats and Blossom-bats)
- Scientific name
- Pteropus scapulatus Peters, 1862
- Common name
- little red flying-fox
- Type reference
- Peters, W. (1862) Uber einen neuen Flederhund pteropus scapulatus, aus Neuholland. Mber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1862:574-576.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 963
- Synonym(s)
- Pteropus elseyii
- Alternate name(s)
- collared flying-fox
reddish fruit-bat
little red
collared fruit-bat - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Disease Vector
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=963.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
