Kosrae flying fox

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Kosrae flying fox
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CITES Appendix I (CITES) [2]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species:
P. ualanus
Binomial name
Pteropus ualanus
Peters, 1883
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Kosrae flying fox range

The Kosrae flying fox (Pteropus ualanus) is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus found on the island of Kosrae, Micronesia. [3]

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Etymology

Pteropus ualanus was first documented in 1824 by French biologist René Primevère Lesson. Lesson first identified Pteropus ualanus as Pteropus karaudren; however, P. karaudren was later recognized as a synonym for P. mariannus . [3] The first specimen was collected in 1827 by Russian biologist Heinrich von Kittlitz. [4]

Conservation

Pteropus ualanus is vulnerable to population bottlenecks because of their geographic location. In 1926, P. ualanus nearly went extinct due to a population bottleneck caused by an unknown disease. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Hayes, F.E. & Wiles, G. (2020). "Pteropus ualanus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020. IUCN: e.T136531A21979719.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. 1 2 D. E. Wilson & D. M. Reeder, 2005: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third Edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
  4. ↑ Hayes, Floyd E.; Engbring, John (2020-06-01). "Historic and recent status of the Kosrae flying fox (Pteropus ualanus) (Chiroptera: Pteropidae) on Kosrae, Micronesia". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 13 (2): 141–150. doi: 10.1016/j.japb.2020.02.008 . ISSN   2287-884X.
  5. ↑ Hayes, Floyd E.; Engbring, John (2020-06-01). "Historic and recent status of the Kosrae flying fox (Pteropus ualanus) (Chiroptera: Pteropidae) on Kosrae, Micronesia". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 13 (2): 141–150. doi: 10.1016/j.japb.2020.02.008 . ISSN   2287-884X.


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