The Vanikoro flying fox, known locally as the basapine (Pteropus tuberculatus), is a bat of the family Pteropodidae that has only been found in the Vanikoro island group in the southern Solomon Islands. It was originally known from a few specimens collected before 1930, and when surveys in the early 1990s did not detect it again it was listed as extinct. It was rediscovered by a survey in late 2014 which indicated a population in the high hundreds or low thousands. It is a small flying fox with an average body length that surveyors put at about half that of a Pacific flying fox, with large heads and small ears, and the IUCN lists it as endangered.
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ThreatsBiological Resource Use 2 Living or Extinct Conservation Status Activity Pattern Connections
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Source Vanikoro flying fox (Wikipedia)
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Source Vanikoro flying fox (Wikipedia)Distribution, Solomon IslandsQuote, Distribution, Solomon Islands
It has only been found in the Vanikoro island group located in the southern Solomon Islands.
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 tuberculatus (Diet-Fruit, Diet-Nect, Diet-Inv, Diet-PlantO columns)
3750 Pteropus tuberculatus 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 tuberculatus (Activity-Nocturnal, Activity-Crepuscular, Activity-Diurnal columns)
3750 Pteropus tuberculatus 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
View the Source 2. Vanikoro flying fox (Wikipedia)
Distribution, Solomon Islands
It has only been found in the Vanikoro island group located in the southern Solomon Islands.
Article text, threats
Since then, there has been some forest regeneration, however, logging was recommenced by a Malaysian company in 2014.
Child Taxon Of: Pteropodidae, Lead
The Vanikoro flying fox (Pteropus tuberculatus), also known locally as the basapine, is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae.
In Group: Bats (Chiroptera), Lead
The Vanikoro flying fox (Pteropus tuberculatus), also known locally as the basapine, is a species of bat in the family Pteropodidae.
View the Source3. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5218653: species profile of Pteropus tuberculatus
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)speciesProfilesQuote, speciesProfiles
"extinct": false
4. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF): GBIF species 5218653: IUCN Red List category of Pteropus tuberculatus
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)iucnRedListCategoryQuote, iucnRedListCategory
"category": "ENDANGERED"
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