Chuuk Flying-fox

Taxobox
name = Chuuk Flying-fox


status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Pteropus"
species = "P. insularis"
binomial = "Pteropus insularis"
binomial_authority = Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842
synonyms = The Chuuk Flying-fox or Ruck Flying-fox ("Pteropus insularis") is a species of bat in the Pteropodidae family. It is endemic to Micronesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

ource

* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/18730/all Pteropus insularis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 30 July 2007.