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Pteropus edulis, Print, The black-eared flying fox, species Pteropus melanotus, is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats). Also known as Blyth's flying fox, it is found on the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (India), and in Sumatra (Indonesia). A population on Christmas Island, which is critically endangered, has been placed as a subspecies of this population. The conservation and taxonomic status of that population was later re-established as a distinct species, the Christmas Island fruit-bat Pteropus natalis., 1700-1880.
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Pteropus edulis, Print, The black-eared flying fox, species Pteropus melanotus, is a bat of the family Pteropodidae (megabats). Also known as Blyth's flying fox, it is found on the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands (India), and in Sumatra (Indonesia). A population on Christmas Island, which is critically endangered, has been placed as a subspecies of this population. The conservation and taxonomic status of that population was later re-established as a distinct species, the Christmas Island fruit-bat Pteropus natalis., 1700-1880
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36.3 x 90.7 cm | 14.3 x 35.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1700-1880 • ANDAMAN ISLANDS • BAT • BLACK-EARED FLYING FOX • BLYTH'S FLYING FOX • CHRISTMAS ISLAND FRUIT-BAT PTEROPUS NATALIS • CHRISTMAS ISLAND • CONSERVATION • CRITICALLY ENDANGERED • DISTINCT SPECIES • FAMILIAR • FAMILY • INDIA • INDONESIA • INDONESIAN FOLK ART • INDONESIAN • LATER RE-ESTABLISHED • MEGABATS • NICOBAR ISLANDS • PLACED • POPULATION • PRINT • PTEROPODIDAE • PTEROPUS EDULIS • SPECIES PTEROPUS MELANOTUS • SUBSPECIES • SUMATRA • TAXONOMIC STATUS
