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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

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Baillie, Jonathan and Groombridge, Brian. (eds). (1996). 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. 448 pp.

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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