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Black flying fox
Black flying fox
(Pteropus alecto)
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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Pteropus
(1)
Size
Wingspan: over 1 m
(2)
Weight
500 – 980 g
(2)
Status
Classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List
(1)
, and listed on Appendix II of CITES
(3)
.
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