Talaud Flying Fox

conservation

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable.

Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae

discussion

Discussion: Previously known only from the holotype, which Flannery (1995 b) suggested might be a chimera consisting of a mismatched skull from an individual of celebensis and a skin of a Pteropus hypomelanus However, Feiler (1990) described two additional museum specimens, and a living population of this taxon has recently been rediscovered (Riley, 2001). It appears to represent a distinct species.

Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae

description

Allied to A. jubatus, with which it accords in the characters of the teeth (a distinct antero-internal basal cusp in / ⅛), the size of the ears (shorter than muzzle), and general colour of the fur of the body and mantle, but much smaller, and without buffy nuchal patch. Forearm about 140 mm. Hab. Talaut Islands. Back and rump nearly seal-brown, sprinkled all over with broccoli-brown liaiis, producing the general effect of a very dark shade of hair-brown. Breast, belly, and flanks essentially like back, but pale hairs more buffy hair-brown. Mantle, sides of neck, and foreneck dark russet, slightly paler on foreneck than on nape, forming a complete collar round neck and narrowly encircling base of ears; base of hairs nearly seal-brown. Occiput, crown, interocular space, and sides of muzzle essentially similar to back; temporal region, chin, and throat blackish seal-brown, mixed with a few silvery-whitish and buffy hairs.

IV. — Notes on the genus Acerodon, with a synopsis of its species and subspecies, and descriptions of four new forms

materials_examined

Type.? ad. (skin, skull), Lirong, Talaut Islands, March 1897; collected by John Waterstradt; presented by the Hon. W. Rothschild; B. M. 8. 7. 26. 6.

IV. — Notes on the genus Acerodon, with a synopsis of its species and subspecies, and descriptions of four new forms