Species Pteropus conspicillatus Gould, 1850
Spectacled Flying-fox
Distribution
States
Queensland
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
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
McKean, J.L. & Hamilton-Smith, E. 1967. Litter size and maternity sites in Australian bats (Chiroptera). Victorian Naturalist 84: 203-206
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) |