Pteropus poliocephalus

Temminck, 1825

Gray-headed Flying Fox

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Tribe : Pteropodini
Genus : Pteropus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1825. Livraison 5. Pp. 157–204 in Temminck, C.J. 1827. Monographies de Mammalogie. G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, Paris, 268 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681325

Original name as described

Pteropus poliocephalus

Type locality

Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004490

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pteropus poliocephalus

Temminck, 1825

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

poliocephalus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681325

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:111, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207579) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Blyth (1863:20, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534720) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:123, 124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18751) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004490) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18751/22085511) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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