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Pteropus rufus
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Malagasy Flying Fox

Pteropus rufus E.Geoffroy, 1803

Also calledFanihy (mlg) · Fanihy be (mlg) · Fanihy mena (mlg) · Madagaskar-Flugfuchs (deu) · Madagaskar-Flughund (deu) · Renard volant de Madagascar (fra) · Renard volant malgache (fra) · Renard volant roux (fra) · Roussette marron (fra) · Roussette rougeâtre (fra) · Zorro Volador de Madagascar (spa) · kaloň madagaskarský (ces) · upír černolícní (ces)

First described in: Cat. Mamm. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. Paris p.47

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

conservation

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae

discussion

Discussion: niger species group. Reviewed by Peterson et al. (1995); also see Bergmans (1990). Some authors have recognized princeps as a subspecies, but this has not been supported in recent analyses; see Bergmans (1990) and Peterson et al. (1995). Because Wilson and Reeder (1993) did not treat names established in E. Geoffroy (1803) as available, Koopman (1993) attributed authorship of rufus to Tiedemann (" 1808, Zool., v. 1, Allgemeine Zool., Mensch Saugthiere, Landshut, p. 535. "), but rufus Tiedemann is a junior synonym of niger Kerr; see Grubb (2001 a) and Opinion 2005 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (2002 b).

Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae

materials_examined

Type Locality: Madagascar. Restricted to " N. and C. Madagascar " by K. Andersen (1908).

Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae

biology_ecology

Habitat. Primarily humid forests from sea level up to elevations of ¢. 1200 m. Roosts of the Malagasy Flying Fox are most frequently found in coastal areas.

Pteropodidae

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