Bismark Masked Flying Fox

Taxobox
name = Bismark Masked Flying Fox


status =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Pteropus"
species = "P. capistratus"
binomial = "Pteropus capistratus"
binomial_authority = Peters, 1867
synonyms = The Bismark Masked Flying Fox ("Pteropus capistratus") is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family found in Papua New Guinea and named after the Bismarck Archipelago. It was originally considered a subspecies of "Pteropus temminckii" before being reassessed in 2001. This species has two subspecies, namely:

*Pteropus capistratus capistratus
*Pteropus capistratus ennisae

References

*D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore