Bibliography for Pteropus scapulatus Peters, 1862

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• Andersen, K. 1912. Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Megachiroptera. London : British Museum Vol. 1 2, cii 854 pp.
• 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. 2005. Mutualistic interactions between the nectar-feeding little red flying fox Pteropus scapulatus, and flowering eucalypts: habitat utilisation and pollination. Ph.D. thesis, Brisbane : University of Queensland. pp.
• Borsboom, A. 1982. Agonistic interactions between bats and arboreal marsupials. Australian Mammalogy 5: 281-282
• Daniel, M.J. 1975. First record of an Australian fruit bat (Megachiroptera: Pteropodidae) reaching New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2: 227-231
• Daniel, M.J. 1990. Little red flying fox Pteropus scapulatus Peters, 1862. pp. 136-137 in King, C.M. (ed.). The Handbook of New Zealand Mammals. Auckland : Oxford University Press.
• Dukelow, W.R., Pow, C.S.T., Kennedy, J.H. & Martin, L. 1990. Stress effects on late pregnancy in the flying fox, Pteropus scapulatus. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 7: 871-878
• Dwyer, P.D. 1965. Flight patterns of some eastern Australian bats. Victorian Naturalist 82: 36-41
• Ford, G.I. & Young, R.A. 1998. A note on possible camouflaging behaviour by a little red flying-fox, Pteropus scapulatus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 20: 433-435
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• Gray, J.E. 1866. A revision of the genera of pteropine bats (Pteropidae), and the descriptions of some apparently undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 62-67 [publication date established from Duncan, F.M. 1937. On the dates of publication of the Society's 'Proceedings', 1859–1926. With an appendix containing the dates of publication of 'Proceedings', 1830–1858, compiled by the late F.H. Waterhouse, and of the 'Transactions', 1853–1869, by the late Henry Peavot, originally published in P.Z.S. 1893, 1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 107: 71–84 [72]]
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• Koopman, K.F. 1984. Taxonomic and distributional notes on tropical Australian bats. American Museum Novitates 2778: 1-48
• 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
• Law, B.S. & Lean, M. 1992. An observation of little red flying-foxes (Pteropus scapulatus) feeding on lerps. Australian Mammalogy 15: 143-145
• Lumsden, L.F. & Bennett, A.F. 1995. Bats of a semi-arid environment in south-eastern Australia: Biogeography, ecology and conservation. Wildlife Research 22: 217-240
• McCoy, M. 1995. Little Red Flying-fox Pteropus scapulatus. pp. 441-442 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.
• 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
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• Mickleburgh, S.P., Hutson, A.M. & Racey, P.A. (Compilers) 1992. Old World Fruit Bats: An action plan for their conservation. Gland : IUCN 252 pp.
• 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
• Peters, W. 1862. Über einen neuen Flederhund Pteropus scapulatus, aus Neuholland. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1862: 574-576
• Prociv, P. 1983. Seasonal behaviour of Pteropus scapulatus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Australian Mammalogy 6: 45-46
• Ratcliffe, F.N. 1931. The flying fox (Pteropus) in Australia. Bulletin of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia 53: 1-81
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