Pteropus speciosus K. Andersen 1908

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 : 344

Pteropus speciosus K. Andersen 1908

Pteropus speciosus K. Andersen 1908 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2: 364.

Type Locality: Philippines, Malanipa Isl (off west end of Zamboanga, Mindanao).

Vernacular Names: Philippine Gray Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus mearnsi Hollister 1913 .

Distribution: Philippines; Solombo Besar and Mata Siri (Java Sea); Talaud Isls.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Rare as P. speciosus, No Data : Limited Distribution as P. mearnsi . IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable as P. speciosus, Data Deficient as P. mearnsi .

Discussion: subniger species group. Included in griseus by Corbet and Hill (1992), but I follow Flannery (1995 b) and Heaney et al. (1998) in treating it as distinct pending further study. Some Philippine records were erroneously based on subadult hypomelanus ; see Heaney et al. (1998). Includes mearnsi ; see Heaney et al. (1987) and Flannery (1995 b), but also see Corbet and Hill (1992), who suggested that mearnsi may be a synonym of hypomelanus .