Vanikoro flying fox
| Vanikoro flying fox | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. tuberculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus tuberculatus Peters, 1869 | |
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| Vanikoro flying fox range | |
The Vanikoro flying fox (Pteropus tuberculatus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is known only from a few specimens from Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands, with the last possibly collected in 1926. It was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in 2014. A survey in late 2014 indicated a population in the high hundreds or low thousands and reported on its habitat and food plants.[2]
References
- ↑ Leary, T., Hamilton, S. & James, R. (2008). "Pteropus tuberculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- ↑ http://www.cepf.net/SiteCollectionDocuments/east_melanesian_islands/OceansWatch_StaCruzReportDec2014.pdf
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