Pelew flying fox
| Pelew flying fox | |
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| Pteropus pelewensis yapensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. pelewensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus pelewensis K. Andersen, 1908
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| Pelew flying fox range | |
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The Pelew flying fox (Pteropus pelewensis) is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus found in the Palau Islands. A subspecies found on Yap, the Yap flying fox, is considered as a separate species by some authorities.[3] The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN due to commercial and small-scale hunting; commercial hunting for the species was banned in 1994, but local exploitation is commonplace. The species is listed on CITES appendix I.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Wiles, G.; Waldien, D.L. (2020). "Pteropus pelewensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T118093652A118356424. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T118093652A118356424.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ 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
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- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Pteropus
- Mammals described in 1908
- Bats of Oceania
- Taxa named by Knud Andersen
- Endemic fauna of Palau
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