Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck 1853

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 338

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Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck 1853 , Esquisses Zool. sur la Cote de Guine: 61.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Molucca Isls, Ternate Isl.

Vernacular Names: Variable Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus vociferous Peale 1848 .

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. hypomelanus Temminck 1853

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. annectens K. Andersen 1908

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. cagayanus Mearns 1905

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. canus K. Andersen 1908

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. condorensis Peters 1869

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. enganus Miller 1906

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. fretensis Kloss 1916

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. geminorum Miller 1903

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. lepidus Miller 1900

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. luteus K. Andersen 1908

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. macassaricus Heude 1897

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. maris Allen 1936

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. robinsoni K. Andersen 1909

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. satyrus K. Andersen 1908

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. simalurus Thomas 1923

Subspecies Pteropus hypomelanus subsp. tomesi Peters 1869

Distribution: Andaman and Maldive Isls; New Guinea through Indonesia to Vietnam and Thailand, and adjacent islands; Philippines. Solomon Isls records are probably erroneous (K. Helgen, pers. comm.).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: subniger species group. It is possible that vociferus Peale, 1848, is an older name for this taxon; see K. Andersen (1912). Formerly included brunneus ; see Ride (1970); but see Koopman (1984 c) and Corbet and Hill (1992). Includes satyrus; see Bates and Harrison (1997), but also see Hill (1971 c), who included satyrus in melanotus . Also see Flannery (1995 a, b) and Bonaccorso (1998). Validity of many subspecies is questionable. Does not include mearnsi ; see Heaney et al. (1987) and Flannery (1995 b), but also see Corbet and Hill (1992).