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SPECIES Pteropus pilosus

Author:K. Andersen, 1908.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2: 369.
Common Name:Large Pelew Flying Fox
Type Locality:Micronesia, Caroline Isls, Palau Isls (= Pelew Isls).
Distribution:Pelew Isls (Micronesia).
Status:CITES – Appendix I. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) and IUCN 2003 – Extinct.
Comments:pselaphon species group. Known from only two specimens and presumed to be extinct; see Flannery (1995b).
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