Pteropus pilosus

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 pilosus

Species Authority:

K. Andersen, 1908

Common Name/s:

English	–	Large Palau Flying Fox, Palau Flying-fox, Palau Fruit Bat
Spanish	–	Zorro Volador De Las Islas Palau

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Extinct ver 3.1

Year Assessed:

2008

Assessor/s

Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K. & Allison, A.

Evaluator/s:

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

Justification:
Listed as Extinct because it has not been recorded since prior to 1874, and extensive surveys over the years have failed to locate this species.

History:

1996	–	Extinct (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1994	–	Extinct (Groombridge 1994)
1990	–	Extinct (IUCN 1990)
1988	–	Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species was endemic to Palau.
Countries:	Regionally extinct: Palau

Population [top]

Population:	It is known from only two specimens collected prior to 1874.

Population:

It is known from only two specimens collected prior to 1874.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	There are no records available concerning the natural history of this species.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	The specific causes of the extinction of Pteropus pilosus are unknown. Hunting for food by local people may have been a contributing factor as well as the degradation of native forest habitat (Wiles et al. 1997).

Major Threat(s):

The specific causes of the extinction of Pteropus pilosus are unknown. Hunting for food by local people may have been a contributing factor as well as the degradation of native forest habitat (Wiles et al. 1997).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

Conservation Actions:

This species is listed on Appendix II of CITES.

Citation:	Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K. & Allison, A. 2008. Pteropus pilosus. In: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 January 2009.
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