Pteropus ualanus Peters 1883

Pteropus ualanus Peters 1883, Ges. Nat. Fr., 1: 1.

Type Locality: Ualan (= Kosrae; Micronesia) .

Vernacular Names: Kosrae Flying Fox.

Synonyms: Pteropus ualensis Finsch 1881 .

Distribution: Kosrae (Micronesia).

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Endangered: Limited Distribution as P. mariannus ualanus . IUCN 2003 – Not listed.

Discussion: mariannus species group. Often treated as a subspecies of mariannus, but clearly distinct (Corbet and Hill, 1980; K. Helgen, pers. comm.; Flannery, 1995 b). See comments under mariannus .