Pteropus dasymallus

Temminck, 1825

Ryukyu Flying Fox

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Tribe : Pteropodini
Genus : Pteropus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1825. Livraison 5. Pp. 157–204 in Temminck, C.J. 1827. Monographies de Mammalogie. G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, Paris, 268 pp.

Original name as described

Pteropus dasymallus

Other common names

Daito Flying Fox · Erabu Flying Fox · Formosan Flying Fox · Taiwanese Flying Fox · Orii's Flying Fox · Yaeyama Flying Fox

Type material

RMNH.MAM.37842.a, RMNH.MAM.37842.b

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Le Japon … les environs de Nangasaki et de Jedo." Restricted by N. Kuroda in 1933 to "Kuchi-no-Erabu [Island], North Riu Kiu [= Ryukyu] Chain," Japan.

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Japan · Philippines · Taiwan

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

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