Species Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850

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Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Closed forest, coastal, gregarious, mellivore, noctidiurnal, subtropical, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Arboreal roosts.

 

General References

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

Hall, L.S. 1987. Identification, distribution and taxonomy of Australian flying-foxes (Chiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 10: 75-80

Hill, J.E. 1983. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Indo-Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zool. 45: 103-208

Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.

Koopman, K.F. 1982. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 109 Bats from eastern Papua and the east Papuan Islands. American Museum Novitates 2747: 1-34

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

Laurie, E.M.O. & Hill, J.E. 1954. List of Land Mammals of New Guinea, Celebes and Adjacent Islands 1758–1952. London : British Museum 175 pp. 3 pls.

McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206

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.

Ratcliffe, F.N. 1931. The flying fox (Pteropus) in Australia. Bulletin of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia 53: 1-81

Richards, G.C. 1987. Aspects of the ecology of spectacled flying-foxes, Pteropus conspicillatus (Chiroptera: Pteropidae). Australian Mammalogy 10: 5-9

Richards, G.C. 1990. The spectacled flying-fox, Pteropus conspicillatus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), in north Queensland 1. Roost sites and distribution patterns. Australian Mammalogy 13: 17-24

Richards, G.C. 1990. The spectacled flying-fox, Pteropus conspicullatus (Chiroptera: Pteropidae), in north Queensland 2. Diet, seed dispersal and feeding ecology. Australian Mammalogy 13: 25-31

Richards, G.C. & Spencer, H.J. 1995. Spectacled Flying-fox Pteropus conspicillatus. pp. 435-437 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

Stephan, H., Nelson, J.E. & Frahm, H.D. 1981. Brain size comparison in Chiroptera. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 19: 195-222

Stephan, H. & Nelson, J.E. 1981. Brains of Australian Chiroptera 1. Encephalization and macromorphology. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 653-670

 

Common Name References

ABRS 2001. Census of Australian Vertebrates. Australian Biological Resources Study. (Spectacled 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)