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Species profile—Pteropus brunneus (Percy Island flying-fox)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Pteropodidae (Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats and Blossom-bats) → Pteropus brunneus (Percy Island 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 brunneus Dobson, 1878
Common name
Percy Island flying-fox
Type reference
Dobson, G.E. (1878) Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum xlii 567pp.
WildNet taxon ID
985
Alternate name(s)
Percy Island flying fox
dusky flying-fox
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
EX
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
Extinct
Conservation significant
Yes
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=985.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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