Black-bearded Flying Fox
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| Black-bearded Flying Fox | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. melanopogon |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus melanopogon Peters, 1867 |
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| Black-bearded Flying Fox range (map also includes range of Aru Flying Fox and Kei Flying Fox) | |
The Black-bearded Flying Fox (Pteropus melanopogon) is an endangered species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family.[1] It is endemic to Indonesia, where found on the islands of Ambon, Buru, Seram, Banda and Yamdena.[2] Currently considered monotypic, it formerly included the Aru Flying Fox and Kei Flying Fox as subspecies.[2] No weight data is available for the Black-bearded Flying Fox, but it is a massive species and it may be the heaviest megabat.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Helgen, K. & Salas, L. (2008). "Pteropus melanopogon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/18739. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
- ^ a b Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds (2005). Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13800330.
- ^ Flannery, T. (1995). Mammals of the South-West Pacific & Moluccan Islands. Pp. 245-303. ISBN 0-7301-0417-6
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