White-winged Flying Fox
Desmalopex leucopterus (Temminck, 1853)
Also calledRoussette leucoptere (fra) · Rudawnik białoskrzydły (pol) · Volpe volante dalle ali bianche (ita) · Weißflügelflughund (deu) · Zorro Volador De Luz (spa) · Zorro Volador De Luzón (spa) · kaloň bělokřídlý (ces) · luzoninlenkko (fin) · ルソンオオコウモリ (jpn)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
biology_ecology
Habitat. Primary lowland and montane forests from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 1200 m.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Pteropodidae
breeding
Breeding. In captivity, White-winged Flying Foxes have one young / year.
Pteropodidae
conservation
Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II (as Pteropus leucopterus) since 1990. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red Lust (as Pteropus leucopterus). The White-winged Flying Fox is tolerant to some habitat modification and relatively widely distributed. A captive breeding program exists at Silliman University, Philippines.
Pteropodidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Desmalopex leucopterus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 8384945.