Grey-headed flying fox: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the grey-headed flying fox lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pteropus poliocephalus
Group	Bats
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Mammal
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae

Where does the grey-headed flying fox live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the grey-headed flying fox in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the grey-headed flying fox endangered?

The grey-headed flying fox’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the grey-headed flying fox?

The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a mammal in the order Chiroptera and the family Pteropodidae, genus Pteropus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the grey-headed flying fox

The grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) is a megabat native to Australia. The species shares mainland Australia with three other members of the genus Pteropus: the little red P. scapulatus, spectacled P. conspicillatus, and the black P. alecto. The grey-headed flying fox is the largest bat in Australia.

The grey-headed flying fox is endemic to the south-eastern forested areas of Australia, principally east of the Great Dividing Range. Its range extends approximately from Bundaberg in Queensland to Geelong in Victoria, with outlying colonies in Ingham and Finch Hatton in the north, and in Adelaide in the south. In the southern parts of its range it occupies more extreme latitudes than any other Pteropus species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Grey-headed flying fox (revision 1377195884), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q551930 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).