Small white-winged flying fox

Small white-winged flying fox
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Subfamily: Pteropodinae
Genus: Desmalopex
Species: D. microleucopterus
Binomial name
Desmalopex microleucopterus
Esselstyn et al., 2008

The small white-winged flying fox (Desmalopex microleucopterus) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.[1] It is known from Mindoro Island, in the Philippines.

References

  1. A New Species of Desmalopex (Pteropodidae) from the Philippines, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Pteropodini by Jacob A. Esselstyn, Harvey J. D. Garcia, Mylanar G. Saulog, and Lawrence R. Heaney, 2008.


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