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Brooks's dyak fruit bat

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Brooks's dyak fruit bat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Dyacopterus
Species:
D. brooksi
Binomial name
Dyacopterus brooksi
(Thomas, 1920)
Brooks's dyak fruit bat range

Brooks's dyak fruit bat (Dyacopterus brooksi) is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae endemic to Sumatra.[1] It was formerly included as a subspecies of the dayak fruit bat.[2] It is named for Cecil Joslin Brooks, who collected the type specimen near Bencoolen and presented it to Oldfield Thomas.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Tsang, S.M. (2020). "Dyacopterus brooksi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T136356A22011865. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T136356A22011865.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ Ann.mag.Nat.Hist. (1920) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637052#page/295