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The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a megabat native to Australia. [3] The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus Pteropus: the little red P. scapulatus, spectacled P. conspicillatus, and the black P. alecto. The grey-headed flying fox is the largest bat in Australia.
In Australia, two flying foxes are listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act of 1999: the grey-headed and spectacled flying foxes are listed as "vulnerable." [65] Farmers can apply for permits to kill flying foxes when they are causing crop damage. [66] Several flying fox species occur in Japan.
Torresian flying fox: Pteropus banakrisi [b] Richards and Hall, 2002: i NE – Dusky flying fox: P. brunneus Dobson, 1878: g EX: Formerly Percy Island in Queensland, Australia, until the 19th or 20th century – Ashy-headed flying fox
Grey-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) fly through the suburbs of Sydney, Australia. Megabats are widely distributed in the tropics of the Old World, occurring throughout Africa, Asia, Australia, and throughout the islands of the Indian Ocean and Oceania. [18]
Where mixed-species colonies are affected the black flying fox suffers substantially higher mortality than the grey-headed flying fox. [1] However, summer temperatures are more extreme within the range of the grey-headed flying fox than within the range of the black flying-fox, and therefore the actual total number of casualties is much higher ...
The Pteropodinae are a subfamily of megabats.Taxa within this subfamily are: Genus Acerodon. Sulawesi flying fox, A. celebensis; Talaud flying fox, A. humilis; Giant golden-crowned flying fox, A. jubatus
The large flying fox is on Appendix II of CITES, which restricts international trade. [25] One threat to the large flying fox is habitat destruction. [19] Flying foxes are sometimes hunted for food, and the controls on hunting seem to be unenforceable. [4] In some areas, farmers consider them pests as they sometimes feed on their orchards. [14]
The gray flying fox (Pteropus griseus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is not to be confused with the Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus). It is found in Indonesia, but not in the Philippines, despite occasional reference to such. [1] Very little is known about this species.