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
Cladus: Scrotifera
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
The Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis) is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus.[1] It is endemic to possibly Japan. It was previously listed as extinct by the IUCN, but because the two known specimens are taxonomically uncertain and of unknown provenance, it was changed to 'Data Deficient'.[1] Some place this animal into synonymy under Pteropus mariannus.[3][4] Two specimens are in the British Natural History Museum, and the whereabouts of the third is unknown. Two of the specimens are believed to have come from Southeast Asia, so the true distribution of the Okinawa flying fox is unknown.[1][5]
References
Fukui, D. (2020). "Pteropus loochoensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18773A22089728. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T18773A22089728.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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Koopman, K.F. 1993. Order Chiroptera. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds) Mammal species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 2nd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C.
MacPhee, R.D.E. and Flemming, C. 1999. Requiem Æternam. The last five hundred years of mammalian species extinctions. In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp.333-371. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
Simmons, N.B. 2005. Order Chiroptera. In: D.E. Wilson and D.M. Reeder (eds) Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition, vol 1, pp. 312-529. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
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