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SPECIES Pteropus griseus
Author: | E. Geoffroy, 1810. | Citation: | Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris, 15: 94. | Common Name: | Gray Flying Fox | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Lesser Sunda Isls, Timor. | Distribution: | Timor, Samao Isl, Dyampea Isl, Bonerato Isl, Saleyer Isl, Paternoster Isls, Pelang, Isl, Sulawesi, and Banda Isls (Indonesia). | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | subniger species group. Includes mimus; see Laurie and Hill (1954) and Corbet and Hill (1992). May also include speciosus (here retained as a separate species); see Corbet and Hill (1992). Subspecies limits and allocation are uncertain; see Bergmans (2001). |
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