The big-eared flying fox, also called the large-eared flying fox (Pteropus macrotis), is a bat of the family Pteropodidae that lives largely on fruit. It is distributed across Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the islands near the Cape York Peninsula of north-east Australia, at elevations below 500 metres and often in coastal mangroves. Wilhelm Peters described it in 1867 from a holotype collected on the Indonesian island of Buru, and the species name comes from the Ancient Greek for long ear. It is a smaller species of the genus Pteropus, with a forearm of 143 to 157 millimetres, and the IUCN lists it as least concern.
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Source Big-eared flying fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, AustraliaQuote, Distribution, Australia
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.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Big-eared flying fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, IndonesiaQuote, Distribution, Indonesia
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.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Source Big-eared flying fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, Papua New GuineaQuote, Distribution, Papua New Guinea
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.
Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)
EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)MamFuncDat.txt, row Pteropus macrotis (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3731 Pteropus macrotis Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 357 Ref_117 1
MamFuncDat.txt, row Pteropus macrotis (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3731 Pteropus macrotis Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 357 Ref_117 1
View the Source 2. Big-eared flying fox (Wikipedia)
Distribution, Papua New Guinea
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.
Distribution, Australia
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.
Distribution, Indonesia
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.
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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.
Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
The big-eared flying fox (Pteropus macrotis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae, larger bats who subsist largely on fruits.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The big-eared flying fox (Pteropus macrotis) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae, larger bats who subsist largely on fruits.
In Biome: Mangrove Forest, Habitat, mangrove forest
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.
In Biome: Tropical Dry Forest, Habitat, tropical dry forest
It is associated with forested habitat, including tropical moist forest, dry forest, and monsoon forest.
View the Source3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5218667: species profile of Pteropus macrotis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfilesQuote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5218667: IUCN Red List category of Pteropus macrotis
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategoryQuote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "LEAST_CONCERN"
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