Species profile—Pteropus macrotis epularius (large-eared flying-fox)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Pteropodidae (Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats and Blossom-bats) → Pteropus macrotis epularius (large-eared flying-fox)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Pteropodidae (Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats and Blossom-bats)
- Scientific name
- Pteropus macrotis epularius Peters, 1867
- Common name
- large-eared flying-fox
- Type reference
- Peters, W. (1867) Uber Flederthiere (Pteropus gouldii, Rhinolophus deckenii, Vespertilio lobipes, Vesperugo temminickii) und Amphibien (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, Lygsoma scutatum, Stenostoma narirostre, Onychocaphelus unguirostris, Ahaetulla polylepis, Pseudechis scutellatus, Hoplobatrachus reinhardtii, Hyla coriacea). Mber. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berl. 1867:703-712.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 975
- Synonym(s)
- Pteropus epularius
- Alternate name(s)
- sappur
epauletted flying-fox - Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Exotic
- Pest status
- Disease Vector
Other resources
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=975.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
