| Black-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. melanotus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus melanotus Blyth, 1863
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| Black-eared flying fox range: extant extinct
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| Synonyms | |
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Pteropus edulis | |
The black-eared flying fox, species Pteropus melanotus, is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats). Also known as Blyth's flying fox, it is found on the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (India), and in Sumatra (Indonesia).[1] A population on Christmas Island, which is critically endangered, has been placed as a subspecies of this population, although it may be a distinct species. Pteropus natalis.[2]
- ^ a b Todd, C.M.; Dorrestein, A.; Pulscher, L.A.; Welbergen, J.A. (2021). "Pteropus melanotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T18740A22082634. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T18740A22082634.en. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
- ^ John CZ Woinarski, Samantha Flakus, David J. James, Brendan Tiernan, Gemma J. Dale and Tanya Detto (2014) "An island-wide monitoring program demonstrates decline in reporting rate for the Christmas Island flying-fox, Pteropus melanotus natalis." Acta Chiropterologica, 16.1 (2014): 117-127.