Pteropus brunneus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	CHIROPTERA	PTEROPODIDAE

Scientific Name:

Pteropus brunneus

Species Authority

Infra-specific Authority:

Dobson, 1878

Common Name/s:

English	–	Percy Island Flying Fox, Dusky Flying Fox
Spanish	–	Zorro Volador De Las Islas Percy

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Richards, G. & Hall, L.

Evaluator/s:

Lamoreux, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team), Racey, P.A., Medellín, R. & Hutson, A.M. (Chiroptera Red List Authority)

Justification:
This species is listed as Extinct because it has not been found in its only known range, or nearby, much after the original collection date despite extensive surveys.

History:

1996	–	Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Extinct? (Groombridge 1994)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known only from a single specimen (collected in 1874) from the Percy Islands, Queensland, Australia, and subsequent non-specimen records of a colony (L. Hall pers. comm.). It is not known from which island the specimen originally came.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Australia

Population [top]

Population:	This species is known only from the holotype. It was reported as being plentiful at the close of the 19th century (Conder 2008).

Population:

This species is known only from the holotype. It was reported as being plentiful at the close of the 19th century (Conder 2008).

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There is little known about the habitat requirements of this species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is possible that the species declined because of its vulnerability to habitat loss (Conder 2008).

Major Threat(s):

It is possible that the species declined because of its vulnerability to habitat loss (Conder 2008).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES. Despite extensive surveys so far, further field studies on the Percy Islands and other islands in the region are needed to determine if any remnant populations of this species persist (L. Hall pers. comm.). There is also a need to try to find skeletal remains near old camps, in order to confirm the locality of this specimen (L. Hall pers. comm.). Additional taxonomic work is needed to resolve the status of this species.

Conservation Actions:

This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES. Despite extensive surveys so far, further field studies on the Percy Islands and other islands in the region are needed to determine if any remnant populations of this species persist (L. Hall pers. comm.). There is also a need to try to find skeletal remains near old camps, in order to confirm the locality of this specimen (L. Hall pers. comm.). Additional taxonomic work is needed to resolve the status of this species.

Citation:	IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 October 2008.
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