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SPECIES Pteropus yapensis
Author: | K. Andersen, 1908. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2: 365. | Common Name: | Yap Flying Fox | Type Locality: | W Carolines, Yap Isl. | Distribution: | Yap Isls. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution as P. mariannus yapensis. IUCN 2003 – Not listed. | Comments: | mariannus species group. Often treated as a subspecies of mariannus, but apparently distinct (Corbet and Hill, 1980; Flannery, 1995b). See comments under mariannus. |
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