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--> ORDER CHIROPTERA
--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Pteropus
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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
fumigatus Rosenberg, 1867
rubiginosus Rosenberg, 1867
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