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