Species profile—Pteropus poliocephalus (grey-headed flying-fox)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Pteropodidae (Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats and Blossom-bats) → Pteropus poliocephalus (grey-headed flying-fox)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Pteropodidae (Flying Foxes, Fruit Bats and Blossom-bats)
- Scientific name
- Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825
- Common name
- grey-headed flying-fox
- Type reference
- Temminck, C.J. (1825) Vues generales sur l'order des cheiropteres. Pp 157-204. In Temminck, C.J. (1824-1827) Monographies de Mammalogie. Paris: G. Dufour and E. D'Ocangne Tom. 1.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 962
- Alternate name(s)
- Grey-headed fruit-bat
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Vulnerable
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Disease Vector
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Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=962.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
