Pteropus insularis Hombron and Jacquinot 1842

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 : 338

Pteropus insularis Hombron and Jacquinot 1842

Pteropus insularis Hombron and Jacquinot 1842 , in: d'Urville, Voy. Pole Sud. Mammiferes: 24.

Type Locality: Caroline Isls, Truk Isl, Hogoleu ( Micronesia).

Vernacular Names: Ruck Flying Fox.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pteropus insularis subsp. insularis Hombron and Jacquinot 1842

Subspecies Pteropus insularis subsp. phaeocephalus Thomas 1882

Distribution: Truk Isls ( Micronesia).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix I. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Critically Endangered.

Discussion: pselaphon species group. Includes phaeocephalus (K. Helgen, pers. comm.). See Flannery (1995 b).