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Marianas flying fox
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Species : Pteropus mariannus
The Marianas flying fox, marianna flying fox, micronesian flying-fox is listed as Endangered (EN), considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Marianas flying fox
A Marianas flying fox group is called a 'flock'.
Facts about the Marianas flying fox
Marianas Flying Fox or Pteropus mariannus is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to A1cd+2cde. (Full text)
On Guam, the Mariana fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus) is heavily harvested for human consumption, where it is considered a great delicacy. (Full text)
Following the taxonomic treatments of Kuroda (1938) and Koopman (1993), which are known to be based on examination of numerous specimens, and the most recent treatment by Flannery (1995), Pteropus mariannus is a widely dispersed species occurring north of the equator in portions of Micronesia north to the Japanese Ryukyu Islands. (Full text)
Lemke The Marianas Fruit Bat (Pteropus mariannus) is in serious danger of extinction if its population decline is not halted in the near future. (Full text)
The Marianas fruit bat (Pteropus mariannus) is now an endangered species, and the little Marianas fruit bat (P. (Full text)
extinct and Pteropus mariannus is quite rare. (Full text)
Following the taxonomic treatments of Kuroda (1938) and Koopman (1993), which are known to be based on examination of numerous specimens, and the most recent treatment by Flannery (1995), Pteropus mariannus is a widely dispersed species occurring north of the equator in portions of Micronesia north to the Japanese Ryukyu Islands. (Full text)
The Endangered Marianas flying-fox (Pteropus mariannus) is well-distributed throughout the Marianas, but is restricted to inaccessible cliff limestone vegetation or interior volcanic ravine forests (Flannery 1995, Hilton-Taylor 2000). (Full text)
1. Mariana Islands, Marianas, Ladrone Islands -- (a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia halfway between New Guinea and Japan)Mariana Islands
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