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--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Pteropus
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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