Species profile—Pteropus brunneus (Percy Island 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 brunneus (Percy Island flying-fox)
Sighting data
- Download
- KML ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=985&f=kml ) | CSV ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=985&f=csv ) | GeoJson ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getsurveysbyspecies&taxonid=985 )
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 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
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) ( https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/spratlookupspecies.pl?earchtype=Sciname&name=Pteropus%20brunneus )
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) ( https://ozcam.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Pteropus%20brunneus#tab_mapView )
- Atlas of Living Australia ( https://bie.ala.org.au/search?q=PTEROPUS%2BBRUNNEUS )
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=985 ( https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=985 ).
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.
