Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck 1825

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 342

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Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck 1825

Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck 1825 , Monogr. Mamm., Vol. 1: 179.

Type Locality: Australia.

Vernacular Names: Gray-headed Flying Fox.

Distribution: E Australia, from S Queensland to Victoria.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: poliocephalus species group. See Webb and Tideman (1995) for discussion of cases of hybridization with alecto .

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SSC	Sacramento State University

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae
Genus	Pteropus

Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck 1825

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Pteropus poliocephalus

Temminck 1825: 179

1825

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