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Kei Flying Fox
Pteropus keyensis Peters, 1867
Also calledKai-Flughund (deu) · Kei-Flughund (deu) · Roussette des Kei (fra) · Rudawka pustelnicza (pol) · Volpe volante delle Isole Kai (ita) · kaloň kejanský (ces) · ค้างคาวแม่ไก่แกย์ (tha) · カイオオコウモリ (jpn) · 카이날여우박쥐 (kor)
First described in: Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin vol.1867 p.330
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
conservation
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – No Data: Limited Distribution as Pteropus melanopogon keyensis. IUCN 2003 – Not listed.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
discussion
Discussion: melanopogon species group. Often listed as a subspecies of melanopogon following Laurie and Hill (1954), but see Bergmans (2001), who argued that keyensis should be considered distinct pending additional review of this complex.
Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae
activity
Activity patterns. The Kai Flying Fox is nocturnal. It roosts in forested areas with low levels of disturbance.
Pteropodidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Pteropodidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Pteropus keyensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5707051.