Caroline Flying Fox
Pteropus molossinus Temminck, 1853
Also calledPohnpei-Flughund (deu) · Pohnpeivleerhond (nld) · Renard Volant De Ponape (fra) · Roussette de Ponape (fra) · Rudawka mikronezyjska (pol) · Volpe volante di Pohnpei (ita) · carolinesaartenlenkko (fin) · kaloň karolínský (ces) · Каролинская летучая лисица (rus) · カロリンオオコウモリ (jpn) · 東加羅林狐蝠 (zho) · 캐럴라인날여우박쥐 (kor) · 폰페이날여우박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Esquisses Zool. sur la Côte de Guine p.62
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix I. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Critically Endangered.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
distribution
Distribution: Pohnpei (= Ponape) and possibly Mortlock Isls (Caroline Isls, Micronesia).
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Caroline Isis, Ponape (Pac. Isis Trust Terr., USA).
Order Chiroptera
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Caroline Isis., Ponape (Pac. Isis. Trust Terr., U. S.).
Order Chiroptera
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5218689.