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
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
