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Pteropus pselaphon Lay 1829

Description

Pteropus pselaphon Lay 1829

Pteropus pselaphon Lay 1829, Zool. J., 4: 457.

Type Locality: Japan, Bonin Isls.

Vernacular Names: Bonin Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus ursinus Temminck (ex Kittlitz) 1837.

Distribution: Bonin and Volcano Isls (Japan).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Vulnerable: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: pselaphon species group. Reviewed by Yoshiyuki (1989).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, pp. 313-350 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 342, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Lay
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Chiroptera
Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Pteropus
Species
pselaphon
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pteropus pselaphon Lay, 1829 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005