Pteropus loochoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Pteropodini
Genus: Pteropus
Species: Pteropus loochoensis

Name

Pteropus loochoensis Gray, 1870: 106

• Holotype: BMNH 1849.1.5.2, subadult ♂, skin and skull, obtained by Warwick.
• Type locality: “Loochoo [=Okinawa]”, Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

Synonyms

• keraudreni Fritze, 1894
• loochooensis Fritze, 1894
• luchuensis Seitz, 1892

Native distribution areas

• Japan: Ryukyu Islands: Okinawa Island.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1870. Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British museum. British Museum. London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9434 BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Fukui, D. 2020. IUCN: Pteropus loochoensis  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T18773A22089728. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T18773A22089728.en. Accessed on 22 January 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Okinawa Flying Fox
日本語: オキナワオオコウモリ