Pteropus loochoensis Gray 1870

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 339

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scientific name	Pteropus loochoensis Gray 1870
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Pteropus loochoensis Gray 1870 , Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, Fruit-eating Bats Brit. Mus.: 106.

Type Locality: Japan, Okinawa, Liû-kiû Isls.

Vernacular Names: Japanese Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus keraudreni Fritze 1894 ; Pteropus loochooensis Fritze 1894 ; Pteropus luchuensis Seitz 1892 .

Distribution: Okinawa Isl, Ryûkyû Isls ( Japan).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution as P. mariannus loochoensis . IUCN 2003 – Extinct.

Discussion: mariannus species group. Often included in mariannus , but see Corbet and Hill (1980) and Yoshiyuki (1989). Reviewed by Yoshiyuki (1989). Flannery (1995 b) treated loochoensis as a subspecies of mariannus without comment.