Grey-headed flying fox  (Pteropus poliocephalus)

Facts

Also known as:Gray-headed flying fox
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Chiroptera
Family Pteropodidae
Genus Pteropus (1)
Size Head-body length: 230 – 289 mm (2)
Forearm length: 138 –180 mm (2)
Average wingspan: 1 m (2)
Weight 600 – 1000 g (2)

Status

Classified as Vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List (1), and listed on Appendix II of CITES (3). Listed as Vulnerable on the New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 and the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 in Australia (2).