Pteropus alecto Temminck, 1837

Black Flying-fox

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f5dd3f5d-3158-4ce0-bb37-ffa40bcf13c0

LSIDs are persistent, location-independent,resource identifiers for uniquely naming biologically significant resources including species names, concepts, occurrences, genes or proteins, or data objects that encode information about them. To put it simply, LSIDs are a way to identify and locate pieces of biological information on the web.

Data Links

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WMS

To use WMS services, copy and paste the following GetCapabilities URL into your OGC client (e.g. uDIG, ESRI ArcGIS)
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Pteropus alecto
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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Terrestrial Habitats

Conservation status

IUCNLeast Concern

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Description

Largest flying-fox. Short black fur over whole body, with reddish fur at back of neck. source: OZ Animals

This species was removed from the Schedules of the Threatened Species Act in August 2008 and is no longer listed as threatened in NSW. The Black Flying-fox is almost completely black in colour, relieved only by an incomplete rusty-red collar and a light frosting of silvery grey on the belly. It can be distinguished from the Grey-headed Flying-fox by its greater size, darker colour and bare legs.... source: Office of Environment and Heritage

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Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Pteropus alecto

Common Names

Common name Source
Black Flying Fox
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Black Flying-fox
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Black Flying Foxes
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Central Flying-fox
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Gould's Fruit Bat, Black Fruit Bat
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
class
MAMMALIA
subclass
EUTHERIA
order
CHIROPTERA
suborder
MEGACHIROPTERA
family
PTEROPODIDAE
subfamily
PTEROPODINAE
genus
Pteropus
species
Pteropus alecto  Recorded in Australia
subspecies
Pteropus alecto gouldii  Recorded in Australia

Occurrence records

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