White-winged flying fox | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Desmalopex |
Species: | D. leucoptera
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Binomial name | |
Desmalopex leucoptera Temminck, 1853
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White-winged flying fox range | |
Synonyms | |
Pteropus leucopterus |
The white-winged flying fox (Desmalopex leucoptera), also known as the mottle-winged flying fox is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. They are endemic to the Philippines. Their natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests. [1] In 2008, Giannini et al. revived the genus Desmalopex and placed D. leucoptera in it.[2]