Dusky Flying Fox

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Dusky Flying Fox
Conservation status
Invalid status (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species: P. brunneus
Binomial name
Pteropus brunneus
Dobson, 1878

The Dusky Flying Fox (Pteropus brunneus) was a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It was endemic to Australia on Percy Island of the coast of Queensland[1]. Only one specimen is known to exist [2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/native_animals/living_with_wildlife/flyingfoxes accessed 2008/06/13
  2. ^ http://www.amonline.net.au/bats/records/bat8.htm 2008/06/13
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