Pelew flying fox
Species of bat
Pelew flying fox | |
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Pteropus pelewensis yapensis | |
Conservation status | |
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2] | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Chiroptera |
Family: | Pteropodidae |
Genus: | Pteropus |
Species: | P. pelewensis |
Binomial name | |
Pteropus pelewensis K. Andersen, 1908 | |
Pelew flying fox range | |
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The Pelew flying fox (Pteropus pelewensis) is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus found in the Palau Islands. A subspecies found on Yap, the Yap flying fox, is considered as a separate species by some authorities.[3] The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN due to commercial and small-scale hunting; commercial hunting for the species was banned in 1994, but local exploitation is commonplace. The species is listed on CITES appendix I.[1]
References
- ^ a b Wiles, G.; Waldien, D.L. (2021) [amended version of 2020 assessment]. "Pteropus pelewensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T118093652A206768055. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T118093652A206768055.en. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
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Extant species of family Pteropodidae
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Laurasiatheria
- Order: Chiroptera
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