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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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