White-winged flying fox
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The white-winged flying fox (Desmalopex leucoptera), also known as the mottle-winged flying fox is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae. They are endemic to the Philippines. Their natural habitats are subtropical and tropical dry forests. [1] In 2008, Giannini et al. revived the genus Desmalopex and placed D. leucoptera in it.[2]
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Desmalopex |
| Species: | D. leucoptera |
| Binomial name | |
| Desmalopex leucoptera Temminck, 1853 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Pteropus leucopterus | |
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