Guam flying fox

Guam flying fox

Taxobox
name = Guam Flying Fox
status = EX
status_system = iucn2.3
extinct = 1968
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Chiroptera
familia = Pteropodidae
genus = "Pteropus"
species = "P. tokudae"
binomial = "Pteropus tokudae"
binomial_authority = Tate, 1934

The Guam flying fox ("Pteropus tokudae") was a tiny megabat from Guam in the Marianas Islands in Micronesia. It was first recorded in 1931. It often roosted with the larger and much more common Marianas flying fox. The last specimen was a female found roosting at Tarague cliff in March 1967. A young bat escaped capture. A bat may have been seen in June 1974. The bat may have died out due to hunting or habitat change.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as extinct
*'A Gap in Nature' by Tim Flannery and Peter Schouten (2001), published by William Heinemann


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