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SPECIES Pteropus aruensis

Author:Peters, 1867.
Citation:Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867: 330.
Common Name:Aru Flying Fox
Type Locality:Indonesia, Aru Isls.
Distribution:Aru Isls (Indonesia).
Status:CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution as Pteropus melanopogon aruensis. IUCN 2003 – Not listed. This species has not been collected since the nineteenth century, and probably should be listed as Critically Endangered (K. Helgen, pers. comm.).
Comments:melanopogon species group. Often listed as a subspecies of melanopogon following Laurie and Hill (1954), but see Bergmans (2001), who argued that aruensis should be considered distinct pending additional review of this complex.
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Synonyms:

    fumigatus Rosenberg, 1867
    rubiginosus Rosenberg, 1867

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