Large Palau flying fox | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Pteropus |
Species: | †P. pilosus
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Binomial name | |
†Pteropus pilosus
K. Andersen, 1908
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The large Palau flying fox (Pteropus pilosus) is an
extinct species of medium-sized
megabats from the
Palau Islands in
Micronesia. It had brownish fur with long, silvery hairs on its belly, and a wingspan of about 60 cm. It probably became extinct around 1874, possibly due to overhunting. It is known from two specimens, one of which is in the
Natural History Museum, London.
Large Palau flying fox | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Pteropus |
Species: | †P. pilosus
|
Binomial name | |
†Pteropus pilosus
K. Andersen, 1908
|
The large Palau flying fox (Pteropus pilosus) is an
extinct species of medium-sized
megabats from the
Palau Islands in
Micronesia. It had brownish fur with long, silvery hairs on its belly, and a wingspan of about 60 cm. It probably became extinct around 1874, possibly due to overhunting. It is known from two specimens, one of which is in the
Natural History Museum, London.