Pteropus tuberculatus Peters, 1869:393
Vanikoro flying fox
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Pteropus vanikorensis (in part); Acerodon vanikorensis (in part)
Conservation Status
Last record: 25 August 1926 or later
Rediscovered in 2014?
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct)
This species has been rediscovered twice.
Distribution
Vanikoro (=Vanikolo), Santa Cruz Group, Solomon Islands
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Peters, W. (1869). [url=http://ia700701.us.archive.org/29/items/monatsberichtede1869knig/monatsberichtede1869knig.pdf]Las Bemerkungen über neue oder weniger bekannte Flederthiere, besonders des Pariser Museums[/url]. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1869: 391-406.
Other references:
Andersen, K. (1912). Catalogue of the Chiroptera in the collection of the British Museum, vol. I: Megachiroptera. London: British Museum (Natural History), ci+854 pp.
Fisher, Diana O. (2011). Trajectories from extinction: where are missing mammals rediscovered? Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x [Appendix S1]
Flannery, Timothy F. (1995). Mammals of the South-west Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Comstock/Cornell, Ithaca, NY, 464 pp. [p. 297]
Lavery, T.H., Leary, T. & Pierce, R. 2020. Pteropus tuberculatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18765A22088712. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T18765A22088712.en. Downloaded on 24 April 2021.
Leary, T., Hamilton, S. and James, R. (2008). Pteropus tuberculatus. In: IUCN 2010. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 22 March 2011.
Matschie, P. (1899). Die Fledermäuse des Berliner Museumsfür Naturkunde. 1. Lieferung. Die Megachiroptera des Berliner Museums für Naturkunde. Berlin: Georg Reimer, viii+102 pp.
Mickleburgh, Simon P., Hutson, Anthony M. and Racey, Paul A. (1992). Old World fruit bats. An action plan for their conservation. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. viii + 252 pp.
Sanborn, Colin Campbell. (1931). Bats from Polynesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 18(2): 7-29.
Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2023. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Version 1.3. Accessed on 06/18/2023.
Troughton, Ellis Le G. (1927). Fixation of the habitat, and extended description, of Pteropus tuberculatus, Peters. Records of the Australian Museum 15(5): 355-359.
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