Seychelles flying fox
Pteropus seychellensis comorensis
Summary 3
The Seychelles fruit bat or Seychelles flying fox, Pteropus seychellensis, is a megabat found on the granitic islands of Seychelles, and on the Comoros and Mafia Island. It is a significant component of the ecosystems for the islands, dispersing the seeds of many tree species.
Literature 4
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Chan, L.M., Goodman, S.M., Nowak, M.D., Weisrock, D.W., Yoder, A.D., 2011. Increased population sampling confirms low genetic divergence among Pteropus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) fruit bats of Madagascar and other western Indian Ocean islands. PLoS Currents: Tree of Life 3, RRN1226.
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Trewhella, W.J., Reason, P.F., Davies, J.G., Wray, S., 1995. Observations on the timing of reproduction in the congeneric Comoro Island fruit bats, Pteropus livingstonii and P. seychellensis comorensis. J. Zool. (Lond.) 236, 327-331.
Trewhella, W.J., Rodriguez-Clark, K.M., Davies, J.G., Reason, P.F., Wray, S., 2001. Sympatric fruit bat species (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) in the Comoro Islands (Western Indian Ocean): Diurnality, feeding interactions and their conservation implications. Acta Chiropterologica 3, 135-147.
Fuentes y créditos
- (c) Islas Comores, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/islascomores/4668738472/
- (c) nathalieguironnet, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC)
- Adaptado por Jakob Fahr del trabajo de (c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pteropus_seychellensis
- (c) Jakob Fahr, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA)
