Black-eared Flying Fox
Pteropus melanotus Blyth, 1863
Also calledKarakulak Kanatayak (tur) · Roussette a oreilles noires (fra) · Rudawka czarnoucha (pol) · Schwarzohrflughund (deu) · Volpe volante orecchie nere (ita) · Weihnachtsinsel-Flughund (deu) · Zorro Volador de Andaman (spa) · andamaanienlenkko (fin) · Никобарская летучая лисица (rus) · クロミミオオコウモリ (jpn) · 黑耳狐蝠 (zho) · 검은귀날여우박쥐 (kor) · 블라이스날여우박쥐 (kor) · 크리스마스섬날여우박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Cat. Mamm. Mus. Asiat. Soc. Calcutta p.20
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Pteropus melanotus subsp. melanotus Blyth 1863 Subspecies Pteropus melanotus subsp. modiglianii Thomas 1894 Subspecies Pteropus melanotus subsp. natalis Thomas 1887 Subspecies Pteropus melanotus subsp. niadicus Miller 1906 Subspecies Pteropus melanotus subsp. tytleri Dobson 1874
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: melanotus species group. Does not include satyrus; see Bates and Harrison (1997).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
Distribution: Nicobar and Andaman Isls (India); Engano Isl and Nias Isl (Indonesia); Christmas Isl.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218681.