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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.

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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024