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--> GENUS Pteropus
SPECIES Pteropus poliocephalus
Author: | Temminck, 1825. | Citation: | Monogr. Mamm., 1: 179. | Common Name: | Gray-headed Flying Fox | Type Locality: | Australia. | Distribution: | E Australia, from S Queensland to Victoria. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | poliocephalus species group. See Webb and Tideman (1995) for discussion of cases of hybridization with alecto. |
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