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Pteropus nitendiensis Sanborn, 1930:2

Temotu flying fox

 

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Pteropus sanctacrucis Troughton, 1930

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1926

Rediscovered in 2001

IUCN RedList status: Endangered

 

Distribution

Nendö and Tömotu Neo, southern Solomon Islands

 

Biology

 

 

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References

Flannery, T. F. (1995). Mammals of the South-West Pacific and Moluccan Islands. Comstock/Cornell, Ithaca, Ny, USA.

Leary, T. and Aujare, I. (1994). Review of the Status and Distribution of Pteropus Flying Foxes in Solomon Islands and a Preliminary Assessment of Fruit Crop Damage in Temotu Province. The Nature Conservancy; Environment and Conservation Division, Ministry of Natural Resources and the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Honaira Field Office.

Leary, T., Hamilton, S. & James, R. (2008). Pteropus nitendiensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T18744A8535844. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T18744A8535844.en. Downloaded on 15 February 2017.

Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]

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.

 

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