Pteropus livingstonii
– Critically Endangered
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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CHIROPTERA
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Family:
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PTEROPODIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Pteropus livingstonii
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Species Authority:
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Gray, 1866
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | COMORO BLACK FLYING FOX, LIVINGSTONE'S FLYING FOX |
| Spanish | — | ZORRO VOLADOR DE LIVINGSTON |
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Taxonomic Notes:
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P. livingstonei was used on the 2000 Red List. CITES also uses P. livingstonei, and livingstonei should be the grammatically correct spelling. T. Hutson (Chiroptera Red List Authority) notes that the correct spelling should be livingstonii (also by Simmons in Wilson and Reeder 2005).
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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CR A4c ver 3.1 (2001)
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Year Assessed:
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2004
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Assessor/s:
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Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A. & Bergmans, W. (GMA Africa Workshop)
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Evaluator/s:
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Hutson, A., Racey, P. & Mickleburgh, S. (Chiroptera Red List Authority)
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Justification:
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Decline of 80% over the next 10 years which has started and is continuing.
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History:
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| 1988 | - | Endangered as P. livinstonei (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988) |
| 1990 | - | Endangered (IUCN 1990) |
| 1994 | - | Endangered (Groombridge 1994) |
| 1996 | - | Critically Endangered (Baillie and Groombridge 1996) |
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Geographic Range
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Countries:
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Native:
Comoros
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Population
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
