Specy

Chuuk flying fox

Mammals

The Chuuk flying fox (Pteropus pelagicus) is a flying fox of the family Pteropodidae found in Micronesia, in forest. Heinrich von Kittlitz described it in 1836. The Wikipedia list of pteropodids places it in the subfamily Pteropodinae and gives its size as 15 to 19 centimetres in length with no tail and a forearm of 10 to 11 centimetres. The same list gives its IUCN status as endangered, estimates its population at 1,000 to 2,500 and describes the population as declining. It has no article of its own on the English Wikipedia under this name, so the list is the main source for this entry.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Frugivore 1

Living or Extinct

Yes 2

Conservation Status

Endangered 3

Activity Pattern

Nocturnal 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Pteropodidae

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species match of Pteropus pelagicus

Sources

1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014): EltonTraits 1.0 mammal foraging attributes (MamFuncDat)

EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)

MamFuncDat.txt, row Pteropus insularis (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3732 Pteropus insularis Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 282.86 Ref_178 2
MamFuncDat.txt, row Pteropus insularis (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3732 Pteropus insularis Pteropodidae 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 Ref_1 ABC Ar A 1 0 0 Ref_1 ABC 282.86 Ref_178 2

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2. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 9160213: species profile of Pteropus pelagicus

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfiles

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