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--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Pteropus
SPECIES Pteropus ualanus
Author: | Peters, 1883. | Citation: | Ges. Nat. Fr., 1: 1. | Common Name: | Kosrae Flying Fox | Type Locality: | Ualan (= Kosrae; Micronesia) | Distribution: | Kosrae (Micronesia). | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution as P. mariannus ualanus. IUCN 2003 – Not listed. | Comments: | mariannus species group. Often treated as a subspecies of mariannus, but clearly distinct (Corbet and Hill, 1980; K. Helgen, pers. comm.; Flannery, 1995b). See comments under mariannus. |
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