Pteropus speciosus K. Andersen 1908

Pteropus speciosus K. Andersen 1908, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 2: 364.

Type Locality: Philippines, Malanipa Isl (off west end of Zamboanga, Mindanao).

Vernacular Names: Philippine Gray Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus mearnsi Hollister 1913 .

Distribution: Philippines; Solombo Besar and Mata Siri (Java Sea); Talaud Isls.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Rare as P. speciosus, No Data: Limited Distribution as P. mearnsi . IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable as P. speciosus, Data Deficient as P. mearnsi .

Discussion: subniger species group. Included in griseus by Corbet and Hill (1992), but I follow Flannery (1995 b) and Heaney et al. (1998) in treating it as distinct pending further study. Some Philippine records were erroneously based on subadult hypomelanus; see Heaney et al. (1998). Includes mearnsi; see Heaney et al. (1987) and Flannery (1995 b), but also see Corbet and Hill (1992), who suggested that mearnsi may be a synonym of hypomelanus .