The Philippine gray flying fox (''Pteropus speciosus'') is a species of
flying fox
''Pteropus'' (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. They are commonly known as fruit bats or flying foxes, among other colloquial names.
They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Aust ...
in the family
Pteropodidae. It is found in
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
and the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
References
Pteropus
Bats of Southeast Asia
Bats of Indonesia
Bats of the Philippines
Mammals described in 1908
Taxa named by Knud Andersen
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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