Authority citation: Peters, W.C.H. 1862. Hr. W. Peters machte eine Mittheilung über einen neuen Flederhund, Pteropus scapulatus, aus Neuholland. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1862:574-577.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36507229
Original name as described: Pteropus scapulatus
Nominal names: scapulatus W. C. H. Peters, 1862 | elseyii J. E. Gray, 1866 | elseyi J. E. Gray, 1871 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Chiroptera -- Family: Pteropodidae -- Subfamily: Pteropodinae -- Tribe: Pteropodini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: ZMB 2616
Type locality: "Promontorium York [= Cape York, Queensland], Nova Hollandia [= Australia]."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Australia (AUS)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
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