Species profile—Pteropus alecto (black flying-fox)
Classification
Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals ) (animals) → Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals) → Pteropodidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&family=pteropodidae ) (Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats and Blossom-bats) → Pteropus alecto (black flying-fox)
( https://wildnet.itp.qld.gov.au/wws/images/21510?f=.jpg )
Go to Photo gallery ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=984#imgGallery )
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=984&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=984&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=984 )
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia ) (mammals)
- Family
- Pteropodidae ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/?kingdom=animals&class=mammalia&family=pteropodidae ) (Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats and Blossom-bats)
- Scientific name
- Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837
- Common name
- black flying-fox
- Type reference
- Temminck, C.J. (1837) Les cheiropteres frugivores. Additions aux vues generales sur l'ordre des cheiropteres revision de la momographie du genre Roussette et monographies des genres Pachysome, Macroglosse, Harpie et Cephalote. pp. 49-112 in Temminck, C.J. (1835-1841).Monographies de Mammalogies, ou description de quelques genres de mammiferes, dont les especes ont ete observees dans les differens musees de l'Europe. Leiden: C.C. van der Hoek Tom. 2.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 984
- Synonym(s)
- Pteropus gouldi
- Alternate name(s)
- Gouldi's fruit-bat
black 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) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Pteropus%20alecto#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=PTEROPUS%2BALECTO )
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api ) using the Get species by ID function ( https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/qld-wildlife-data-api/resource/d050bfcd-ad49-4776-9bdb-7d5fa8f94fe2 ) used under CC-By 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ).
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=984 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=984 ).
This information is sourced from the WildNet platform ( https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/plants-animals/species-information/wildnet ) managed by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation.
