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DIVERSITY-BASEL
卷 10, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/d10030102
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- Center for International Forestry-USAID Indonesia
- Rufford Small Grant [21903-1]
- Bat Conservation International
- IdeaWild
- Tropical Conservation and Development University of Florida
- American Philosophical Society
- National Geographic Society [9272-13]
- Fulbright Student Research Fellowship
- National Science Foundation [OISE-1108298]
Pteropus griseus (gray flying fox) is a species of Old World fruit bat that is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as Data Deficient. The species is found on small islands in the Lesser Sundas and Sulawesi, and is endemic to Indonesia, but no contemporary roosts are known, and the last study of the species was in Timor in the Lesser Sundas. In this study, we describe the first known day roost in Sulawesi for Pteropus griseus and collected anecdotal evidence regarding conservation threats to the colony. We compared data from flying foxes collected from this roost to other P. griseus specimens and those of closely related co-occurring species to confirm its identity. We confirmed that this roost is likely of Pteropus griseus, though the subspecies identity remains to be determined. However, it is newly threatened by middlemen traders of bat meat from North Sulawesi arriving to encourage local villagers near the roost to hunt the bats. Elevated levels of hunting may deplete the entire colony in a single season should no conservation action be taken to safeguard the roost.
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