Pteropus scapulatus Peters 1862

Pteropus scapulatus Peters 1862, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1862: 574.

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, Cape York.

Vernacular Names: Little Red Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus elseyi Peters 1862 .

Distribution: Australia, S New Guinea, accidental on New Zealand.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: scapulatus species group. See Flannery (1995 a) and Bonaccorso (1998).