Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1
313
350
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316519
Pteropus pilosus
K. Andersen 1908
Pteropus pilosus
K. Andersen 1908
,
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2: 369
.
Type Locality:
Micronesia
, Caroline Isls,
Palau
Isls (= Pelew Isls).
Vernacular Names:
Large Pelew Flying Fox
.
Distribution:
Pelew Isls (
Micronesia
).
Conservation:
CITES
– Appendix I.
IUCN
/
SSC
Action Plan (1992) and
IUCN
2003 – Extinct.
Discussion:
pselaphon
species group. Known from only
two specimens
and presumed to be extinct; see Flannery (1995
b
).