Pteropus tonganus Quoy and Gaimard, 1830

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 151

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7289362
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scientific name	Pteropus tonganus Quoy and Gaimard, 1830
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Pteropus tonganus Quoy and Gaimard, 1830 View in CoL View at ENA . In d'Urville, Voy...de Astrolabe, Zool., l(L'Homme, Mamm., Oiseaux):74.

TYPE LOCALITY: Tonga Isis, Tongatapu Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Karkar Isl (off NE New Guinea) and Rennell Isl (Solomon Isis), south to New Caledonia, east to Cook Isis.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; IUCN - Indeterminate.

SYNONYMS: basiliscus , flavicollis, geddiei , heffernani.

COMMENTS: Includes geddiei; see Sanborn (1931: 14) and Felten and Kock (1972:180-181).

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

Sanborn, C. C. 1931. Bats from Polynesia, Melanesia, and Malaysia. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 18: 7 - 29.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae
Genus	Pteropus

Pteropus tonganus Quoy and Gaimard, 1830

Karl F. Koopman 1993

1993

Pteropus tonganus

Quoy and Gaimard 1830: 74

1830

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