Pteropus argentatus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	PTEROPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pteropus argentatus

Species Authority:

Gray, 1844

Common Name/s:

English	–	Ambon Flying Fox, Silvery Flying-fox, Silvery Fruit Bat
Spanish	–	Zorro Volador Argénteo

Taxonomic Notes:

The holotype of this species is a badly damaged immature individual thought to be from the island of Ambon in Indonesia (K. Helgen pers. comm.). This is listed as a synonym of Pteropus chrysoproctus by Simmons (2005), but we follow K. Helgen (pers. comm.) here in considering it as a separate species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Data Deficient ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Hutson, A.M. & Helgen, K.

Reviewer/s:

Hutson, A.M., Racey, P.A. (Chiroptera Red List Authority), Chanson, J. & Chiozza, F. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Contributor/s:

Justification:
Listed as Data Deficient in view of continuing doubts as to its taxonomic validity as well as absence of recent information on its extent of occurrence, status, ecological requirements and threats.

History:

1996

–

Data Deficient

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	The type locality of this species was originally given as Ambon but based on archival research T. Flannery and K. Helgen believe this specimen comes from Gebe, both of which are islands in Indonesia.
Countries:	Native: Indonesia
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is known only from the holotype. The abundance and population size of this species are not known.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There is no information available on the habitat and ecology of this species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The threats to this species are not known.

Major Threat(s):

The threats to this species are not known.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, abundance, ecology, and threats of this species. All Pteropus spp. are listed on CITES Appendix II.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. Further studies are needed into the taxonomy, distribution, abundance, ecology, and threats of this species.
All Pteropus spp. are listed on CITES Appendix II.

Bibliography [top]

	Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Simmons, N. B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World, pp. 312-529. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Citation:	Hutson, A.M. & Helgen, K. 2008. Pteropus argentatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 June 2013.
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