Pteropus tonganus Quoy and Gaimard 1830

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 : 345

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scientific name	Pteropus tonganus Quoy and Gaimard 1830
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Pteropus tonganus Quoy and Gaimard 1830 View in CoL

Pteropus tonganus Quoy and Gaimard 1830 View in CoL , in: d'Urville, Voy ... de Astrolabe, Zool., 1 (L'Homme, Mamm., Oiseaux): 74.

Type Locality: Tonga Isls, Tongatapu Isl.

Vernacular Names: Pacific Flying Fox.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pteropus tonganus subsp. tonganus Quoy and Gaimard 1830

Subspecies Pteropus tonganus subsp. basiliscus Thomas 1915

Subspecies Pteropus tonganus subsp. geddiei MacGillivray 1860

Distribution: Karkar Isl (off NE New Guinea) and Rennell Isl (Solomon Isls), south to New Caledonia, east to Cook Isls.

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

Discussion: mariannus species group. Includes geddiei; see Sanborn (1931) and Felten and Kock (1972). Karkar Isl population (basiliscus) may actually be a subspecies of conspicillatus (K. Helgen, pers. comm.). It is possible that this species has been transported to some islands by humans; see Flannery (1995 b). Also see Miller and Wilson (1997), Bonaccorso (1998), and Bergmans (2001).