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SPECIES Pteropus rennelli
Author: | Troughton, 1929. | Citation: | Rec. Aust. Mus., 17: 193. | Common Name: | Rennell Flying Fox | Type Locality: | Solomon Isls, Rennell Isl. | Distribution: | Rennell Isl (Solomon Isls). | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Not listed. | Comments: | Known from only 5 specimens. Formerly included in rayneri, but apparently distinct; see Flannery (1995b). May be conspecific with cognatus (K. Helgen, pers. comm.). |
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