Grey-headed flying fox

Grey-headed flying fox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species:
P. poliocephalus
Binomial name
Pteropus poliocephalus
Native distribution of Pteropus poliocephalus

The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a megabat native to Australia.[3] The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus Pteropus: the little red P. scapulatus, spectacled P. conspicillatus, and the black P. alecto. The grey-headed flying fox is the largest bat in Australia.

The grey-headed flying fox is endemic to the south-eastern forested areas of Australia, principally east of the Great Dividing Range. Its range extends approximately from Bundaberg in Queensland to Geelong in Victoria, with outlying colonies in Ingham and Finch Hatton in the north, and in Adelaide in the south. In the southern parts of its range it occupies more extreme latitudes than any other Pteropus species.

As of 2021 the species is listed as "Vulnerable" on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.[1]

  1. ^ a b Eby, P.; Roberts, B.; Pennay, M.; Welbergen, J.A. (2021). "Pteropus poliocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18751A22085511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T18751A22085511.en. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Temminck1824 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Simmons, N.B. (2005). "Order Chiroptera". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.