Guam flying fox
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| Guam Flying Fox | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | P. tokudae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pteropus tokudae Tate, 1934 |
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The Guam flying fox (Pteropus tokudae) was a tiny megabat from Guam in the Marianas Islands in Micronesia that was confirmed extinct due to hunting or habitat changes. It was first recorded in 1931 and was observed roosting with the larger and much more common Marianas flying fox. The last specimen was a female found roosting at Tarague cliff in March 1967, but it escaped capture. An unconfirmed sighting took place in June 1974.[citation needed] No others have been sighted since then.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Bonaccorso, F., Helgen, K., Allison, A. & Wiles, G. (2008). Pteropus tokudae. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 January 2011.
[edit] References
- Flannery, Tim and Peter Schouten (2001). A Gap in Nature. Published by William Heinemann
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