Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 313 350 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Pteropus scapulatus Peters 1862 Pteropus scapulatus Peters 1862 , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1862: 574 . Type Locality: Australia , Queensland , Cape York. Vernacular Names: Little Red Flying Fox . Synonyms: Pteropus elseyi Peters 1862 . Distribution: Australia , S New Guinea , accidental on New Zealand . Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: scapulatus species group. See Flannery (1995 a ) and Bonaccorso (1998) .