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Black Flying Fox
Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837
Also calledKara Kanatayak (tur) · Raposa-Voadora-Negra (por) · Renard volant noir (fra) · Roussette alecto (fra) · Rudawka żałobna (pol) · Schwarzer Flughund (deu) · Volpe volante nera (ita) · Zorro Volador Negro (spa) · fekete repülőkutya (hun) · kaloň vábivý (ces) · mustalenkko (fin) · Μαύρη Ιπτάμενη Αλεπού (ell) · Бавеанская летучая лисица (rus) · الثعلب الطائر الأسود (ara)
First described in: Monogr. Mamm. vol.2 p.75
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
child_taxa
Subspecies:: Subspecies Pteropus alecto subsp. alecto Temminck 1837 Subspecies Pteropus alecto subsp. aterrimus Matschie 1899 Subspecies Pteropus alecto subsp. gouldi Peters 1867 Subspecies Pteropus alecto subsp. morio K. Andersen 1908
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: alecto species group. Includes gouldi; see Tate (1942 b); also see Bergmans and Rozendaal (1988). The synonymy of nicobaricus with alecto is uncertain (Corbet and Hill, 1992). See Webb and Tideman (1995) for discussion of cases of hybridization with poliocephalus and possible hybridization with conspicillatus. Also see Flannery (1995 a, b).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
Distribution: Sulawesi, Saleyer Isl, Lombok, Bawean Isl, Kangean Isls, Sumba Isl, and Savu Isl (Indonesia); N and E Australia; S New Guinea.
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 5218686.