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Pteropus speciosus
K. Andersen,
1908. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2:364.
ORDER—CHIROPTERA
FAMILY—Pteropodidae
COMMON NAME—Philippine
gray flying fox
DISTRIBUTION—Two
islands in the Java Sea, Indonesia, and the Mindanao and Sulu faunal region.
Reported from Basilan (USNM), Malanipa (USNM), Mindanao (Zamboanga del
Sur Province [FMNH]), Sanga-sanga (DMNH), Sibutu (DMNH), and Tawi-tawi
(AMNH).
HABITAT—Virtually
unknown. Recent reports from Tawi-tawi indicate that they are represented
by at least several large colonies.
STATUS—Unknown;
geographically restricted. IUCN: Vulnerable. CITES: Appendix II.
COMMENT—Includes
P. mearnsi (Heaney et al., 1987); may be conspecific with P.
griseus (Mickleburgh et al., 1992). Some previous reports from Cebu,
Mactan, and Negros were based on subadult P. hypomelanus.
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