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--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Pteropus
SPECIES Pteropus tonganus
| Author: | Quoy and Gaimard, 1830. | | Citation: | In d'Urville, Voy...de Astrolabe, Zool., 1(L'Homme, Mamm., Oiseaux): 74. | | Common Name: | Pacific Flying Fox | | Type Locality: | Tonga Isls, Tongatapu Isl. | | Distribution: | Karkar Isl (off NE New Guinea) and Rennell Isl (Solomon Isls), south to New Caledonia, east to Cook Isls. | | Status: | CITES – Appendix I. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | mariannus species group. Includes geddiei; see Sanborn (1931) and Felten and Kock (1972). Karkar Isl population (basiliscus) may actually be a subspecies of conspicillatus (K. Helgen, pers. comm.). It is possible that this species has been transported to some islands by humans; see Flannery (1995b). Also see Miller and Wilson (1997), Bonaccorso (1998), and Bergmans (2001). |
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