Grey-headed flying fox  (Pteropus poliocephalus)

Species information

Videos and images

Authentication

Authenticated (01/05/08) by Dr. Justin A. Welbergen, University of Cambridge.
http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/bbe/Welbergen/Justin1.htm

Glossary

Endemic: A species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
Hybridisation: Cross-breeding between two different species or subspecies.
Territories: Areas occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

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    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. (2001) Threatened Species Information: Grey-headed Flying Fox. Biodiversity Management Unit, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
  3. CITES (January, 2006)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Hall, L.S. and Richards, G.C. (2000) Flying Foxes: Fruit and Blossom Bats of Australia. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney.
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  8. Welbergen, J.A. (2005) The social organisation of the grey-headed flying-fox. PhD Thesis, Zoology Department, University of Cambridge.
  9. Welbergen, J.A. (2006) Timing of the evening emergence from day roosts of the grey-headed flying-fox, Pteropus poliocephalus: the effects of predation risk, foraging needs and social context. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 60: 311 - 322.
  10. Welbergen, J.A. (2008) Variation in twilight predicts the duration of the evening emergence of fruit bats from a mixed-species roost. Animal Behaviour, 75 (4): 1543 - 1550.
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