The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

Pteropus brunneus

 – Extinct

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: CHIROPTERA
Family: PTEROPODIDAE
Scientific Name: Pteropus brunneus
Species Authority: Dobson, 1878
Common Name/s:
EnglishDUSKY FLYING FOX
SpanishZORRO VOLADOR DE LAS ISLAS PERCY

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: EX    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Chiroptera Specialist Group
History:
1994-Extinct? (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range

Countries: Regionally extinct:

Australia

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial

Bibliography

Bibliography:

Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.

Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds). 1993. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. Second edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London.


Citation: Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. Pteropus brunneus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 July 2008.
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