Pteropus loochoensis Gray 1870

Pteropus loochoensis Gray 1870, Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, Fruit-eating Bats Brit. Mus.: 106.

Type Locality: Japan, Okinawa, Liû-kiû Isls.

Vernacular Names: Japanese Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus keraudreni Fritze 1894; Pteropus loochooensis Fritze 1894; Pteropus luchuensis Seitz 1892 .

Distribution: Okinawa Isl, Ryûkyû Isls (Japan).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution as P. mariannus loochoensis . IUCN 2003 – Extinct.

Discussion: mariannus species group. Often included in mariannus, but see Corbet and Hill (1980) and Yoshiyuki (1989). Reviewed by Yoshiyuki (1989). Flannery (1995 b) treated loochoensis as a subspecies of mariannus without comment.