| Big-eared flying fox | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. macrotis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus macrotis Peters, 1867
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| 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]
- ^ 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.