Subspecies Pteropus alecto gouldii Peters, 1867

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• Pteropus gouldii Peters, W. 1867. Über Flederthiere (Pteropus gouldii, Rhinolophus deckenii, Vespertilio lobipes, Vesperugo temminckii) und Amphibien (Hypsilurus godeffroyi, Lygosoma scutatum, Stenostoma narirostre, Onychocephalus unguirostris, Ahaetulla polylepis, Pseudechis scutellatus, Hoplobatrachus reinhardtii, Hyla coriacea). Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867: 703-712 1 pl. [703].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMB 3408 ♀ skin, Rockhampton, QLD; whereabouts unknown extracted skull (not found in ZMB), Rockhampton, QLD; ZMB 3409 ♂ skin & skull, Rockhampton, QLD.
• Pteropus banakrisi Richards, G.C. & Hall, L.S. 2001. A new flying-fox of the genus Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from Torres Strait, Australia. The Australian Zoologist 32: 69-75 [69].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM JM 8648 ♀ skin & skull, St Paul's Mission, east coast of Moa Is., Torres Strait.
  Paratype(s) ANWC CM 5012 ♀ adult, Moa Is., Torres Strait; ANWC CM 5011 ♂ adult, Moa Is., Torres Strait.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Helgen, K.M. 2004. On the identity of flying-foxes, genus Pteropus (Mammalia: Chiroptera), from islands of the Torres Strait, Australia. Zootaxa 780: 1-14

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, coastal, frugivorous, glider, gregarious, mellivore, subtropical.

History of changes