Silvery flying fox
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Species of bat
Silvery flying fox | |
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Conservation status
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Pteropus |
Species: | P. argentatus
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Binomial name | |
Pteropus argentatus Gray, 1844
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Silvery flying fox range |
The silvery flying fox (Pteropus argentatus), also known as Ambon flying fox, or silvery fruit bat,[1] is a megabat in the genus Pteropus from eastern Indonesia. It is known from a single, damaged, and immature specimen that was thought to have been from Ambon, but may in fact have been collected on Gebe Island. Although often included in Pteropus chrysoproctus, it was reinstated as a separate species in 2008.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Hutson, A.M. and Helgen, K. 2008. Pteropus argentatus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 26, 2009
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