Pemba Flying Fox
Pteropus voeltzkowi Matschie, 1909
Also calledGrande rousette de Pemba (fra) · Pemba-Flughund (deu) · Pembavleerhond (nld) · Renard volant de Pemba (fra) · Roussette de Pemba (fra) · Rudawka pembańska (pol) · Volpe volante di Pemba (ita) · Zorro Volador de Voeltzkow (spa) · kaloň pembský (ces) · pembasaarenlenkko (fin) · Пембская летучая лисица (rus) · ペンバオオコウモリ (jpn) · 奔巴狐蝠 (zho) · 펨바날여우박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin p.486
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Critically Endangered.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: niger species group. Reviewed by Bergmans (1990).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
activity
Activity patterns. The Pemba Flying Fox forages at night. Roosts can be found in tall trees such as M. indica, with a preference for Erythrophleum suaveolens (Fabaceae).
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Habitat. Primary and secondary (moist) forests, undisturbed traditional graveyards and mangroves, and small offshore islands from sea level only up to elevations of c. 45 m.
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218675.