Big-eared flying fox

Big-eared flying fox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species:
P. macrotis
Binomial name
Pteropus macrotis
Peters, 1867
Distribution of the big-eared flying fox

The big-eared flying fox (Pteropus macrotis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae, larger bats who subsist largely on fruits. The species is distributed across a range in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and islands nearing the Cape York Peninsula at the northeast of Australia, at elevations less than 500 metres and often in coastal mangroves.[1]

  1. ^ a b Leary, T.; Helgen, K. (2020). "Pteropus macrotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18735A22082074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18735A22082074.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.