Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853

Voon-Ching Lim, Rosli Ramli, Subha Bhassu & John-James Wilson, 2017, A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library, PLoS ONE 12 (7), pp. 1-65 : 12

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1371/journal.pone.0179555
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4343702
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scientific name	Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853
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Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853 View in CoL

Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853: 61 View in CoL ; Ternate Island, North Molucca islands , INDO- NESIA (Collector unknown; Type unknown) [ 89].

Common English name: Island Flying-Fox

Barcode Index Number: DNA barcodes recorded as P. hypomelanus are associated with the BIN, BOLD:AAZ4957, but there are no DNA barcodes from Peninsular Malaysia.

IUCN status: Least Concern

Recorded at: Johor: Pulau Pemanggil [ 23]; Terengganu: Pulau Redang [ 23], Pulau Perhentian [ 23]; Kedah: Pulau Paya [ 23]; Pahang: Pulau Tioman [23, 78; 90].

P. hypomelanus roosts close to shores on islands, under the fronds of coconut palms and branches of trees, and flies to mainland to feed [ 14, 23].