The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Pteropus poliocephalus

 – Lower Risk Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: CHIROPTERA
Family: PTEROPODIDAE
Scientific Name: Pteropus poliocephalus
Species Authority: Temminck, 1825
Common Name/s:
EnglishGRAY-HEADED FLYING FOX, GREY-HEADED FLYING-FOX
SpanishZORRO VOLADOR DE CABEZA GRIS

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LR/lc    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Chiroptera Specialist Group

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

Australia; Indonesia

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.


Citation: Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Pteropus poliocephalus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 05 September 2008.
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