New Caledonian Flying Fox
Pteropus vetula Jouan, 1863
Also calledNeukaledonien-Flughund (deu) · Roussette Des Roches ou des Cailloux (fra) · Roussette de Nouvelle-Calédonie (fra) · Roussette des roches (fra) · Zorro Volador De Nueva Caledonia (spa)
First described in: Mem. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg vol.9 p.90
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Rare: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (nt).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: pselaphon species group. Includes macmillani; see Felten (1964 b). Also see Flannery (1995 b).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
COMMENT: Includes macniillani; see Felten, 1964, Senckenberg. Biol., 45: 671.
Order Chiroptera
activity
Activity patterns. The New Caledonia Flying Fox seems to be strictly nocturnal and roosts at entrances of caves and in hollow trees.
Pteropodidae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218685.