Pteropus keyensis (Peters, 1867)
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188. View Plate 11: Pteropodidae
Kai Flying Fox
French: Roussette des Kei / German: Kei-Flughund / Spanish: Zorro volador de Kei
Other common names: Kei Flying Fox
Taxonomy. Pteropus melanopogon var. keyensis Peters, 1867 View in CoL ,
“Key-Inseln [= Kai Islands],” Indonesia .
Pteropus keyensis is in the melanopogon species group and was previously considered a subspecies of P. melanopogon . Monotypic.
Distribution. Kai Is, Indonesia. View Figure
Descriptive notes. Head-body 290 mm (tailless), ear 33 mm, hindfoot 54- 4 mm, forearm 179-188 mm. Greatest lengths of skulls are 78-90 mm and tibia 86- 5 mm. The Kai Flying Fox is similar to the Blackbearded Flying Fox ( P. melanopogon ) but with noticeably shorter rostrum. Ears are of moderate length, with rounded tips. Color 1s nearly uniformly yellow throughout, with whiter color at bases of hairs. Fur is like that of the Aru Flying Fox ( P. aruensis ), adpressed, silky, and longer than that of the Black-bearded Flying Fox, with fur thinly scattered on upperside of forearm in front of elbow. Tibia is naked. Uropatagium is reduced; calcar is small. Wing membranes do not arise much closer along sides of posterior spinal ridge as they do in the Aru Flying Fox and the Black-bearded Flying Fox. Skull of the Kai Flying Fox is typical pteropine;it is extremely heavy and robust, with large orbits, crests, and postorbital processes. Dental formula has 32 teeth as P! is missing. Dentition is heavy, with well-defined but narrow cingulum in upper and lower canines. C, is recurved. P| is slightly smaller than M* and slightly larger than M,. M" is 1-5 times longer than wide.
Habitat. Suspected dependence on mangroves.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. The Kai Flying Fox is nocturnal. It roosts in forested areas with low levels of disturbance.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. CITES Appendix II. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Kai Flying Fox is restricted to the Kai Islands, which are only 1440 km ” and have projected continuing habitat degradation, potentially qualifying it for Endangered status in the near future. Kai Kecil Island has been listed as a marine protected area, but there have been no confirmed records of the Kai Flying Fox in this area.
Bibliography. Andersen (1912b), Bergmans (2001), Corbet & Hill (1992), Simmons (2005), Tsang (2016k).
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
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Pteropus keyensis
| Don E. Wilson & Russell A. Mittermeier 2019 |
Pteropus melanopogon var. keyensis
| Peters 1867 |