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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderChiroptera
  5. ›familyPteropodidae
  6. ›genusPteropus
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Solomons Flying Fox

Pteropus rayneri Gray, 1870

Also calledRoussette de Rayner (fra) · Rudawka salomońska (pol) · Salomonen-Flughund (deu) · Solomonvleerhond (nld) · Volpe volante delle Salomone (ita) · Zorro Volador De Las Salom (spa) · Zorro Volador De Las Salomón (spa) · kaloň Raynerův (ces) · salomonienlenkko (fin) · Летучая лисица Райнера (rus) · ソロモンオオコウモリ (jpn) · 솔로몬날여우박쥐 (kor)

First described in: Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, Fruit-eating Bats Brit. Mus. p.108

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

child_taxa

Subspecies:: Subspecies Pteropus rayneri subsp. rayneri Gray 1870 Subspecies Pteropus rayneri subsp. grandis Thomas 1887 Subspecies Pteropus rayneri subsp. lavellanus K. Andersen 1908 Subspecies Pteropus rayneri subsp. monoensis Lawrence 1945 Subspecies Pteropus rayneri subsp. rubianus K. Andersen 1908

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: chrysoproctus species group. Does not include cognatus and rennelli; see Flannery (1995 b). Also see Bonaccorso (1998).

Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae

distribution

Distribution: Bougainville and Buka Isls (Papua New Guinea); Solomon 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 5218688.