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Pteropus insularis  Hombron and Jacquinot in Jacquinot and Pucheran, 1853
Taxonomic Serial No.: 180034

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Common Name(s): Truk Flying Fox [English]
  
    Ruck Flying Fox [English]
  
  Valid Name: Pteropus pelagicus insularis Hombron and Jacquinot in Jacquinot and Pucheran, 1853
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: invalid - original name/combination   
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis    
       
  Expert: Don E. Wilson  
  Notes: Smithsonian Institution, MRC 108 Washington DC 20560-0108   
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: 2002 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 07-Nov-2003, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.redlist.org/   
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis   
       
  Source: Checklist of CITES species: Index of CITES species, document (version 2013)  
  Acquired: 2013   
  Notes: UNEP-WCMC (Comps.) 2013. Checklist of CITES species. CITES Secretariat, Geneva, Switzerland, and UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Available online at http://checklist.cites.org/   
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dobson, George Edward  
  Publication Date: 1878   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Chiroptera in the Collection of the British Museum   
  Page(s): 567   
  Publisher: Taylor and Francis   
  Publication Place: London, England   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2009.011   
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Jacquinot, Honoré, and Pucheran  
  Publication Date: 1853   
  Article/Chapter Title: Zoologie. Mammifères et Oiseaux   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Voyage au Pole Sud et Dans l'Océanie Sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et La Zélée, vol. 3   
  Page(s): 1-107   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43560957   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Simmons, Nancy B. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title: Order Chiroptera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 312-529   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis, Ruck Flying Fox [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Common Names of Mammals of the World   
  Page(s): xiv + 204   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-383-3   
  Notes: With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer   
  Reference for: Pteropus insularis, Ruck Flying Fox [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: CITES: Appendix I per 2013 Checklist of CITES species: Index of CITES species published with amendments to the Appendices and changes in standard scientific nomenclature following the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (Bangkok, 2013). For current status see CITES.org  
    Status: CITES - Appendix I. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) - Endangered: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 - Critically Endangered  
    Comments: pselaphon species group. Includes phaeocephalus (K. Helgen, pers. comm.). See Flannery (1995b)  
 

 

    

 
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