Small white-winged flying fox

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Small white-winged flying fox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Desmalopex
Species:
D. microleucopterus
Binomial name
Desmalopex microleucopterus
Esselstyn et al., 2008

The small white-winged flying fox (Desmalopex microleucopterus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.[2] It is known from Mindoro Island, in the Philippines. Only 13 specimens have ever been found; 1 in 1998 and 12 found in 2006.

References

  1. ^ Cielo, K.L.S.; Garcia, J.J.L.; Tabaranza, D.G.E; Waldien, D.L. (2019). "Desmalopex microleucopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T84457227A84457393.
  2. ^ A New Species of Desmalopex (Pteropodidae) from the Philippines, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Pteropodini by Jacob A. Esselstyn, Harvey J. D. Garcia, Mylanar G. Saulog, and Lawrence R. Heaney, 2008.