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Pteropus tuberculatus Peters 1869

Description

Pteropus tuberculatus Peters 1869

Pteropus tuberculatus Peters 1869, Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1869: 393.

Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Santa Cruz Isls, Vanikoro Isl.

Vernacular Names: Vanikoro Flying Fox.

Distribution: Vanikoro Isl (Santa Cruz Isls, Solomon Isls).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable.

Discussion: pselaphon species group. Reviewed by Troughton (1927); also see Flannery (1995 b).

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 345, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Pteropus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Peters
Species
tuberculatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pteropus tuberculatus Peters, 1869 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Troughton, E. L. G. 1927. Fixation of the habitat and extended description of Pteropus tuberculatus Peters. Records of the Australian Museum, 25: 355 - 359.