Pteropus tokudae
– Extinct
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 tokudae
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Species Authority:
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Tate, 1934
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | GUAM FLYING FOX, GUAM FRUIT BAT |
| Spanish | — | ZORRO VOLADOR DE TOKUDA |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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EX ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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Chiroptera Specialist Group
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Justification:
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Only three specimens of Pteropus tokudae have been collected, the last being shot by hunters in 1968. Despite intensive field work on the island’s fruit bats, no observations of the Guam Fruit Bat have been recorded since this time.
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History:
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| 1986 | - | Endangered (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1986) |
| 1988 | - | Extinct (IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre 1988) |
| 1990 | - | Extinct (IUCN 1990) |
| 1994 | - | Extinct? (Groombridge 1994) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Pteropus tokudae was endemic to Guam.
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Countries:
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Regionally extinct:
Guam
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Population
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Population:
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Only three specimens have been collected, the last being shot by hunters in 1968. Despite intensive field work on the island’s fruit bats, no observations of the Guam Fruit Bat have been recorded since this time.
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Habitat and Ecology
Threats
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Threats:
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The species was hunted locally as a food source and this is thought to be the main actor involved in the demise of this species.
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