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--> GENUS Acerodon
SPECIES Acerodon humilis
Author: | K. Andersen, 1909. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 3: 24-25. | Common Name: | Talaud Fruit Bat | Type Locality: | Indonesia, Talaud Isls, Lirong. | Distribution: | Talaud Isls (Indonesia). | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable. | Comments: | Previously known only from the holotype, which Flannery (1995b) suggested might be a chimera consisting of a mismatched skull from an individual of celebensis and a skin of a Pteropus hypomelanus However, Feiler (1990) described two additional museum specimens, and a living population of this taxon has recently been rediscovered (Riley, 2001). It appears to represent a distinct species. |
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