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Pacific Flying Fox
Pteropus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Also calledHvithalsflygehund (nob) · Peka (ton) · Renard-volant du Pacifique (fra) · Roussette (fra) · Roussette Des Îles Tonga (fra) · Roussette de Tonga (fra) · Roussette du Pacifique (fra) · Roussette du Pacifique, Renard-volant du Pacifique (fra) · Rudawka pacyficzna (pol) · Tonga-Flughund (deu) · Tongavleerhond (nld) · Volpe volante del Pacifico (ita) · kaloň tongánský (ces) · tyynenmerenlenkko (fin)
First described in: In d'Urville, Voy...de Astrolabe, Zool. vol.1(L'Homme, Mamm., Oiseaux) p.74
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
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Subspecies:: Subspecies Pteropus tonganus subsp. tonganus Quoy and Gaimard 1830 Subspecies Pteropus tonganus subsp. basiliscus Thomas 1915 Subspecies Pteropus tonganus subsp. geddiei MacGillivray 1860
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix I. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
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).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
Distribution: Karkar Isl (off NE New Guinea) and Rennell Isl (Solomon Isls), south to New Caledonia, east to Cook Isls.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218673.