Great flying fox
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| Skeleton of great flying fox at MUSE - Science Museum in Trento | |
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P. neohibernicus
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| Pteropus neohibernicus Peters, 1876
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The great flying fox (Pteropus neohibernicus), also known as the greater flying fox or Bismarck flying fox, is a species of megabat in the Pteropus genus, found throughout lowland areas of New Guinea and in the Bismarck Archipelago.[2] At up to 1.45 kg (3.2 lb) in weight, it is among the largest bats in the world.[2] It is a gregarious animal which roosts with hundreds or thousands of individuals.[1]
References
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flannery, T. (1995). Mammals of New Guinea. Pp. 376-377. ISBN 0-7301-0411-7
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