Geelvink Bay Flying Fox
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| Geelvink Bay Flying Fox | |
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| Conservation status | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. pohlei |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus pohlei Stein, 1933 |
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| Geelvink Bay Flying Fox range | |
The Geelvink Bay Flying Fox or Geelvink Bay Fruit Bat (Pteropus pohlei) is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to West Papua, Indonesia. The name Geelvink comes from a Dutch ship and family called Geelvinck.
[edit] Source
- Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Pteropus pohlei. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 30 July 2007.
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