Pteropus fundatus

Felten & Kock, 1972

Banks 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

Felten, H. and Kock, D. 1972-08-31. Weitere Flughunde der Gattung Pteropus von den Neuen Hebriden, sowie den Banks- und Torres-Inseln, Pazifischer Ozean (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Senckenbergiana biologica 53(3-4):179-188.

Original name as described

Pteropus fundatus

Type material

SMF:MAMM:25570

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Mota Island, Banks Islands, Vanuatu.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Vanuatu

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Country distribution map

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