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)
Sighting data
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
- Extinct in the wild
- 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) Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData 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=985
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
