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Ashy-headed Flying-fox
Pteropus caniceps
The ashy-headed flying fox or North Moluccan flying fox (Pteropus caniceps) is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to Indonesia.
From the article Ashy-headed flying fox on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to Indonesia. It has been found at elevations up to 1,630 m (5,350 ft) above sea level.
Wikipedia: “Range and habitat”
In human culture
It was described as a new species in 1870 by British zoologist John Edward Gray. The holotype had been collected on the Bacan Islands by Alfred Russel Wallace. Its species name "caniceps" means "gray-headed" from Latin canus (gray) and -ceps (headed). This species has two subspecies:
P. c. caniceps P. c. dobsoni (named for zoologist George Edward Dobson)
Wikipedia: “Taxonomy and etymology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 40912.