Species Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, 1825
Grey-headed Flying-fox
- Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck, C.J. 1825. Vues générales sur l'ordre des cheiroptères. 157-204 pls 10-16 in Temminck, C.J. (ed.). Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de mammiféres, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Ouvrage accompagné de planches d'Ostéologie, pouvant servir de suite et de complément aux notices sur les animaux vivans, publiées par M. le Baron Cuvier, dans ses recherches sur les ossemens fossiles. Paris : G. Dufour & E. D'Ocagne Vol. 1. [publication date established from Husson, A.M. 1962. The bats of Suriname. Zoologische Verhandelingen 58: 1–282 pls 1–30 [276]] [179] [types of P. poliocephalus recorded by Temminck, op. cit. (180) as being in Leiden, Paris and London, but no specimen is identified by Jentink, F.A. 1887. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Tome IX. Catalogue ostéologique des mammifères. Leide : E.J. Brill 360 pp. 12 pls, Jentink, F.A. 1888. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Tome XII. Catalogue systématique des mammifères (rongeurs, insectivores, cheiroptères, édentés et marsupiaux). Leide : E.J. Brill 280 pp., Rode, P. 1941. Catalogue des types de mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Ordre des chiroptères. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 2 13: 227–252 or Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. 2nd Megachiroptera. London : British Museum Vol. 1 cii 854 pp.].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (not found in RMNH, MNHP or BMNH), Eastern Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).Secondary source:
Jentink, F.A. 1887. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Catalogue ostéologique des mammifères. Leide : E.J. Brill Vol. 9 360 pp. 12 pls.; Jentink, F.A. 1888. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle des Pays-Bas. Catalogue systématique des mammifères (rongeurs, insectivores, cheiroptères, édentés et marsupiaux). Leide : E.J. Brill Vol. 12 280 pp.; Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Megachiroptera. London : British Museum Vol. 1 2, cii 854 pp.; Rode, P. 1941. Catalogue des types de mammifères du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Ordre des chiroptères. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 2 13: 227-252.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Occasional individuals found on islands in Bass Strait.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Flinders (FLI), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, coastal, gregarious, mellivore, subtropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Arboreal roosts, partial winter migration.
General References
Aston, H.I. 1987. Influx of the grey-headed flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) to the Melbourne area, Victoria, in 1986. Victorian Naturalist 104: 9-13
Bartholomew, G.A., Leitner, P. & Nelson, J.E. 1964. Body temperature, oxygen consumption, and heart rate in three species of Australian flying foxes. Physiological Zoology 37: 179-198
Birt, P., Hall, L.S. & Smith, G.C. 1997. Ecomorphology of the tongues of Australian Megachiroptera (Chiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 369-384
Calford, M.B., Wise, L.Z. & Pettigrew, J.D. 1985. Audiogram of the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 8: 309-312
Crowley, G.V. & Hall, L.S. 1994. Histological observations on the wing of the grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 42: 215-231
Eby, P. 1991. Seasonal movements of grey-headed flying-foxes, Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), from two maternity camps in northern New South Wales. Wildlife Research 18: 547-559
Eby, P. 1998. An analysis of diet specialization in frugivorous Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera) in Australian subtropical rainforest. Australian Journal of Ecology 23: 443-456
Falkingham, C. 1995. Grey-headed flying fox. Victorian Naturalist 112: 102-104
Hall, L.S. 1987. Identification, distribution and taxonomy of Australian flying-foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 10: 75-80
Lanza, B. 1969. The baculum of Pteropus and its significance for the phylogenesis of the genus (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). Monitore Zoologico Italiano ns, suppl. 3: 37-68
Martin, L., Towers, P.A., McGuckin, M.A., Little, L., Luckoff, H. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1987. Reproductive biology of flying-foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 10: 115-118
McGuckin, M.A. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1987. Cycle of the seminferous epithelium in the grey-headed fruit bat, Pteropus poliocephalus. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 40: 203-210
McGuckin, M.A. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1987. Seasonal changes in spermatogenesis (including germ cell degeneration and plasma testosterone concentration) in the grey-headed fruit bat, Pteropus poliocephalus. Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 40: 211-220
McGuckin, M.A. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1991. Seasonal changes in testicular size, plasma testosterone concentration and body weight in captive flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus and P. scapulatus). Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 92: 339-346
McGuckin, M.A. & Blackshaw, A.W. 1992. Effects of photoperiod on the reproductive physiology of male flying foxes. Pteropus poliocephalus. Reproduction, Fertility and Development 4: 43-53
McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206
McWilliam, A.N. 1986. The feeding ecology of Pteropus in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Myotis 23-24: 201-208
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Menkhorst, P.W. & Dixon, J.M. 1985. Influxes of the grey-headed flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropidae) to Victoria in 1981 and 1982. Australian Mammalogy 8: 117-121
Messer, M. & Parry-Jones, K. 1997. Milk composition in the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus (Pteropidae: Chiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 45: 65-73
Morrison, P. 1959. Body temperature in some Australian mammals. 1. Chiroptera. Biological Bulletin. Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole) 116: 484-497
Nelson, J.E. 1964. Vocal communication in Australian flying foxes (Pteropodidae; Megachiroptera). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie 21: 857-870
Nelson, J.E. 1965. Behaviour of Australian Pteropodidae (Megachiroptera). Animal Behaviour 13: 544-557 pls 7-9
Nelson, J.E. 1965. Movements of Australian flying foxes (Pteropodidae: Megachiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 13: 53-73
Parry-Jones, K. 1987. Pteropus poliocephalus (Chiroptera: Pteropidae) in New South Wales. Australian Mammalogy 10: 81-85
Parry-Jones, K. & Augee, M.L. 1991. Food selection by grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) occupying a summer colony site near Gosford, New South Wales. Wildlife Research 18: 111-124
Parry-Jones, K.A. & Augee, M.L. 2001. Factors affecting the occupation of a colony site in Sydney, New South Wales by the grey-headed flying-fox Pteropus poliocephalus (Pteropodidae). Austral Ecology 26: 47-55
Ratcliffe, F.N. 1931. The flying fox (Pteropus) in Australia. Bulletin of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia 53: 1-81
Ryan, P.A., Martin, L., Mackenzie, J.S. & Kay, B.H. 1997. Investigation of gray-headed flying foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus) (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae) and mosquitoes in the ecology of Ross River virus in Australia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 57: 476-482
Steller, D.C. 1986. The dietary energy and nitrogen requirements of the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus (Temminck)(Megachiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 339-349
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Stephan, H. & Nelson, J.E. 1981. Brains of Australian Chiroptera 1. Encephalization and macromorphology. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 653-670
Tedman, R.A. & Hall, L.S. 1985. The absorptive surface area of the small intestine of Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae): an important factor in rapid food transit? Australian Mammalogy 8: 271-278
Tedman, R.A. & Hall, L.S. 1985. The morphology of the gastrointestinal tract and food transit time in the fruit bats Pteropus alecto and P. poliocephalus (Megachiroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 625-640
Thomas, S.P., Follette, D.B. & Thomas, G.S. 1995. Metabolic and ventilatory adjustments and tolerance of the bat Pteropus poliocephalus to acute hypoxic stress. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 112: 43-54
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Tidemann, C.R. & Nelson, J.E. 2004. Long-distance movements of the grey-headed flying-fox (Pteropus poliocephalus). Journal of Zoology, London 263: 141-146
Towers, P.A. & Martin, L. 1985. Some aspects of female reproduction in the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 8: 257-263
Webb, N.J. & Tideman, C.R. 1995. Hybridisation between black (Pteropus alecto) and grey-headed (P. poliocephalus) flying foxes (Megachiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 1995: 19-26
Common Name References
ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Grey-headed Flying-fox)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2022 | CHIROPTERA | 12-Dec-2022 | MOVED | |
| 17-Nov-2010 | 17-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 04-Dec-2018 | 17-Nov-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |