Pteropus molossinus 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 : 341

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Pteropus molossinus Temminck 1853 View in CoL

Pteropus molossinus Temminck 1853 View in CoL , Esquisses Zool. sur la Cote de Guine: 62.

Type Locality: Caroline Isls, Ponape ( Micronesia).

Vernacular Names: Caroline Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus breviceps Thomas 1883 .

Distribution: Pohnpei (= Ponape) and possibly Mortlock Isls (Caroline Isls, Micronesia).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: molossinus species group. See Flannery (1995 b).

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SSC	Sacramento State University

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae
Genus	Pteropus

Pteropus molossinus Temminck 1853

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005

2005

Pteropus molossinus

Temminck 1853: 62

1853

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