Author: | K. Andersen, 1908. |
Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2: 364. |
Common Name: | Philippine Gray Flying Fox |
Type Locality: | Philippines, Malanipa Isl (off west end of Zamboanga, Mindanao). |
Distribution: | Philippines; Solombo Besar and Mata Siri (Java Sea); Talaud Isls. |
Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Rare as P. speciosus, No Data: Limited Distribution as P. mearnsi. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable as P. speciosus, Data Deficient as P. mearnsi. |
Comments: | subniger species group. Included in griseus by Corbet and Hill (1992), but I follow Flannery (1995b) and Heaney et al. (1998) in treating it as distinct pending further study. Some Philippine records were erroneously based on subadult hypomelanus; see Heaney et al. (1998). Includes mearnsi; see Heaney et al. (1987) and Flannery (1995b), but also see Corbet and Hill (1992), who suggested that mearnsi may be a synonym of hypomelanus. |
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