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--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Pteropus
SPECIES Pteropus hypomelanus
| Author: | Temminck, 1853. | | Citation: | Esquisses Zool. sur la Côte de Guine: 61. | | Common Name: | Variable Flying Fox | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Molucca Isls, Ternate Isl. | | Distribution: | Andaman and Maldive Isls; New Guinea through Indonesia to Vietnam and Thailand, and adjacent islands; Philippines. Solomon Isls records are probably erroneous (K. Helgen, pers. comm.). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | subniger species group. It is possible that vociferus Peale, 1848, is an older name for this taxon; see K. Andersen (1912). Formerly included brunneus; see Ride (1970); but see Koopman (1984c) and Corbet and Hill (1992). Includes satyrus; see Bates and Harrison (1997), but also see Hill (1971c), who included satyrus in melanotus. Also see Flannery (1995a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998). Validity of many subspecies is questionable. Does not include mearnsi; see Heaney et al. (1987) and Flannery (1995b), but also see Corbet and Hill (1992). |
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