Pteropus conspicillatus Gould 1850 ...

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Chiroptera; Pteropodidae; Pteropus; Pteropus conspicillatus; Fitzroy Island; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6794729; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6794729

153. Spectacled Flying Fox Pteropus conspicillatus French: Roussette a lunettes / German: Brillenflughund / Spanish: Zorro volador de anteojos Taxonomy. Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850, “Fitzroy Island,” Queensland, Australia. Pteropus conspicillatus is in the griseus species group. Two subspecies recognized. Subspecies and Distribution. P.c. conspicillatus Gould, 1850 — coastal areas of New Guinea (including Schouten Is), D’Entrecasteux Is, Trobriand Is, Woodlark Is, Louisiade Archipelago, and NE Austral-1a (NE Queensland). P. c. chrysauchen Peters, 1862 — N Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera, Bacan, Obi and nearby Is), Gebe I, and Raja Ampat Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati, and Misool). Descriptive notes. Head-body 233-295 mm (tailless), ear 25-36 mm, hindfoot 51- 59 mm, forearm 150-189 mm; weight 0.5- 1 kg. Greatest lengths of skulls are 64— 92 mm and tibias 84-86 mm. Males and females differ in weight but have similar forearm lengths. Subspecies chrysauchen has weaker dentition and more pronounced pale eye ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2019, Pteropodidae, pp. 16-162 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 9 Bats, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 145, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6448815 ...