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 anetianus
Gray 1870
Pteropus anetianus
Gray 1870
,
Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, Fruit-eating Bats Brit.
Mus
.: 101
.
Type Locality:
Vanuatu
, Aneiteum (= Aneityum).
Vernacular Names:
Vanuatu
Flying Fox
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Pteropus anetianus
subsp.
anetianus
Gray 1870
Subspecies
Pteropus anetianus
subsp.
aorensis
Lawrence 1945
Subspecies
Pteropus anetianus
subsp.
bakeri
Thomas 1925
Subspecies
Pteropus anetianus
subsp.
banksiana
Sanborn 1930
Subspecies
Pteropus anetianus
subsp.
eotinus
K. Andersen 1913
Subspecies
Pteropus anetianus
subsp.
motalavae
Felten and Kock 1972
Subspecies
Pteropus anetianus
subsp.
pastoris
Felten and Kock 1972
Distribution:
Vanuatu
including Banks Isls.
Conservation:
CITES
– Appendix II.
IUCN
/
SSC
Action Plan (1992) – Indeterminate.
IUCN
2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
samoensis
species group. Includes
eotinus
,
bakeri
, and
banksiana
; see
Felten and Kock (1972)
. Also see Flannery (1995
b
).