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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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