Pteropus ualanus Peters 1883

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 : 345

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scientific name	Pteropus ualanus Peters 1883
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Pteropus ualanus Peters 1883 , Ges. Nat. Fr., 1: 1.

Type Locality: Ualan (= Kosrae; Micronesia) .

Vernacular Names: Kosrae Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus ualensis Finsch 1881 .

Distribution: Kosrae ( Micronesia).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution as P. mariannus ualanus . IUCN 2003 – Not listed.

Discussion: mariannus species group. Often treated as a subspecies of mariannus , but clearly distinct ( Corbet and Hill, 1980; K. Helgen, pers. comm.; Flannery, 1995 b). See comments under mariannus .