White-winged flying fox | |
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Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Desmalopex |
Species: | D. leucoptera |
Binomial name | |
Desmalopex leucoptera Temminck, 1853 | |
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. In 2008, Giannini et al. revived the genus Desmalopex and placed D. leucoptera in it.
References
- ^ Waldien, D.L.; Duya, M.R. (2020). "Desmalopex leucopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18731A22081331. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18731A22081331.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- Giannini, Norberto P.; Almeida, Francisca Cunha; Simmons, Nancy B.; Helgen, Kristofer M. (2008). "The systematic position of Pteropus leucopterus and its bearing on the monophyly and relationships of Pteropus (Chiroptera : Pteropodidae)". Acta Chiropterologica. 10: 11–20. doi:10.3161/150811008x331054. hdl:11336/82001. S2CID 59028595.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Pteropus leucopterus |
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