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Gray Flying Fox
Pteropus griseus (E.Geoffroy, 1810)
Also calledBoz Kanatayak (tur) · Grauer Wallacea-Flughund (deu) · Roussette grise (fra) · Rudawka szara (pol) · Volpe volante grigia (ita) · Zorro Volador Gris (spa) · harmaalenkko (fin) · kaloň šedý (ces) · Серая летучая лисица (rus) · ハイイロオオコウモリ (jpn) · 회색날여우박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Ann. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat. Paris vol.15 p.94
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
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COLLECTOR / S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1821: 110) and Girard (1856: 94) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia (Rode 1941: 229). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 6 May and 3 June 1803. SPECIMEN NUMBER / S. — MNHN-ZM-MO- 1996 - 2117 (Figs 48; 49), holotype, skin mount and skull. OTHER NUMBER / S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 29; Nouv. Cat. Gal. 42. ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80038 (Fig. 161; two living animals) and Inv. no. 80039 (Fig. 162; sketch of one animal) (Baglione & Crémière 2009: 102; Altmann 2012: 94, 96).
Mammals collected and illustrated by the Baudin Expedition to Australia and Timor (1800 - 1804): A review of the current taxonomy of specimens in the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris and the illustrations in the Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre
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Subspecies:: Subspecies Pteropus griseus subsp. griseus E. Geoffroy 1810 Subspecies Pteropus griseus subsp. mimus K. Andersen 1908 Subspecies Pteropus griseus subsp. pallidus Temminck 1825
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: subniger species group. Includes mimus; see Laurie and Hill (1954) and Corbet and Hill (1992). May also include speciosus (here retained as a separate species); see Corbet and Hill (1992). Subspecies limits and allocation are uncertain; see Bergmans (2001).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
Where it has been recorded
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218683.