Pteropus aruensis Peters 1867

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 : 335

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scientific name

Pteropus aruensis Peters 1867
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Pteropus aruensis Peters 1867 View in CoL

Pteropus aruensis Peters 1867 View in CoL , Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867: 330.

Type Locality: Indonesia, Aru Isls.

Vernacular Names: Aru Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus fumigatus Rosenberg 1867 ; Pteropus rubiginosus Rosenberg 1867 .

Distribution: Aru Isls ( Indonesia).

Conservation: 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.).

Discussion: 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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Sacramento State University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Chiroptera

Family

Pteropodidae

Genus

Pteropus

Loc

Pteropus aruensis Peters 1867

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Pteropus aruensis

Peters 1867: 330
1867
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