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--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Pteropus
SPECIES Pteropus vampyrus
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 31. | | Common Name: | Large Flying Fox | | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Java (designated by K. Andersen, 1912). | | Distribution: | Vietnam, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Philippines, Sumatra, Java, and Lesser Sunda Isls, adjacent small islands including Anak Krakatau. Reports of this species from Cambodia cannot be verified (Kock, 2000). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | vampyrus species group. Does not include intermedius; see Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997). See Kunz and Jones (2000). Subspecies are poorly defined. |
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