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 yapensis K. Andersen 1908 Pteropus yapensis K. Andersen 1908 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2: 365 . Type Locality: W Carolines, Yap Isl. Vernacular Names: Yap Flying Fox . Distribution: Yap Isls. Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution as P. mariannus yapensis . IUCN 2003 – Not listed. Discussion: mariannus species group. Often treated as a subspecies of mariannus , but apparently distinct ( Corbet and Hill, 1980 ; Flannery, 1995 b ). See comments under mariannus .