Pteropus pohlei: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Pteropodidae
- Genus
- Pteropus
- Species
- Pteropus pohlei
- Scientific Name
- Pteropus pohlei
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Geelvink Bay flying fox
The Geelvink Bay flying fox or Geelvink Bay fruit bat (Pteropus pohlei) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the islands of Yapen, Numfor, and Rani, which lie north of New Guinea in Indonesia's Papua Province. The name comes from Geelvink Bay, now Cenderawasih Bay.
It is common over a small area, and the population trend is decreasing. Major threats to the species are loss of habitat due to timber harvesting, and hunting.
...Pteropus pohlei in languages:
- Czech
- kaloň Pohleův
- English
- Geelvink Bay Flying Fox
- English
- Geelvink Bay Fruit Bat
- English
- Yapen Flying Fox
- Finnish
- geelvinksaartenlenkko
- Russian
- Япенская летучая лисица
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
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- Pteropus caniceps
- Pteropus capistratus
- Pteropus chrysoproctus
- Pteropus cognatus
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- Pteropus dasymallus
- Pteropus ennisae
- Pteropus faunulus
- Pteropus fundatus
- Pteropus giganteus
- Pteropus gilliardorum
- Pteropus griseus
- Pteropus howensis
- Pteropus hypomelanus
- Pteropus intermedius
- Pteropus keyensis
- Pteropus livingstonii
- Pteropus lombocensis
- Pteropus loochoensis
- Pteropus lylei
- Pteropus macrotis
- Pteropus mahaganus
- Pteropus mariannus
- Pteropus melanopogon
- Pteropus melanotus
- Pteropus molossinus
- Pteropus neohibernicus
- Pteropus niger
- Pteropus nitendiensis
- Pteropus ocularis
- Pteropus ornatus
- Pteropus pelagicus
- Pteropus pelewensis
- Pteropus personatus
- Pteropus pilosus
- Pteropus pohlei
- Pteropus poliocephalus
- Pteropus pselaphon
- Pteropus pumilus
- Pteropus rayneri
- Pteropus rennelli
- Pteropus rodricensis
- Pteropus rufus
- Pteropus samoensis
- Pteropus scapulatus
- Pteropus seychellensis
- Pteropus speciosus
- Pteropus subniger
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