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--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Pteropus
SPECIES Pteropus giganteus
| Author: | Brünnich, 1782. | | Citation: | Dyrenes Historie, 1: 43. | | Common Name: | Indian Flying Fox | | Type Locality: | India, Bengal. | | Distribution: | Maldive Isls, India (incl. Andaman Isls), Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Burma, Tsinghai (China). The Tsinghai record requires confirmation. Cambodian records are apparently erroneous; see Kock (2000). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | vampyrus species group. Includes ariel; see Hill (1958). Possibly conspecific with vampyrus; see Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997) and Horácek et al. (2000). |
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