Pteropus mahaganus Sanborn 1931

Pteropus mahaganus Sanborn 1931, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 2: 19.

Type Locality: Solomon Isls, Ysabel Isl, Tunnibul.

Vernacular Names: Sanborn's Flying Fox.

Distribution: Bougainville Isl (Papua New Guinea); Ysabel Isl and Choiseul Isl (Solomon Isls).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Vulnerable: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable.

Discussion: scapulatus species group. See Flannery (1995 b) and Bonaccorso (1998).