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Small white-winged flying fox

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Small white-winged flying fox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Desmalopex
Species:
D. microleucoptera
Binomial name
Desmalopex microleucoptera
Esselstyn et al., 2008

The small white-winged flying fox (Desmalopex microleucoptera) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.[2] It is known from Mindoro Island, in the Philippines. Only 13 specimens have ever been found; one in 1998 and the others in 2006.

References

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  1. ^ Cielo, K.L.S.; Garcia, J.J.L.; Tabaranza, D.G.E.; Waldien, D.L. (2019). "Desmalopex microleucopterus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T84457227A84457393. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T84457227A84457393.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ A new species of Desmalopex (Pteropodidae) from the Philippines, with a phylogenetic analysis of the Pteropodini by Jacob A. Esselstyn, Harvey J. D. Garcia, Mylanar G. Saulog, and Lawrence R. Heaney, 2008.