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
Cladus: Ferungulata
Cladus: Ferae
Cladus: Pancarnivora
Cladus: Carnivoramorpha
Cladus: Carnivoraformes
Ordo: Carnivora
Subordo: Feliformia
Familia: Eupleridae
Subfamilia: Galidiinae
Genus: Mungotictis
Species: M. decemlineata
Name
Mungotictis (Pocock, 1915)
References
Mungotictis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
brezhoneg: Mañgoust strizh he roudennoù
Deutsch: Schmalstreifenmungo
English: Narrow-striped Mongoose
français: Mangouste à dix raies
日本語: ホソスジマングース属
Nederlands: Smalstreepmangoest
polski: Mangusta wąskosmuga
svenska: Smalstrimmig mangust
中文: 窄紋獴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 tonganus
Subspecies: P. t. basiliscus – P. t. geddiei – P. t. tonganus
Name
Pteropus tonganus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830
Type locality: Tonga Islands, Tongatapu Island.
References
Quoy & Gaimard. 1830. In d'Urville, Voy...de Astrolabe, Zool., 1(L'Homme, Mamm., Oiseaux): 74.
Conservation status: IUCN Red List
Distribution
Karkar Island (off North-East New Guinea)
Rennell Island (Solomon Islands)
South to New Caledonia, east to Cook Islands
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Tonga-Flughund
English: Pacific Flying Fox
Nederlands: Tongavleerhond
The insular flying fox or Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is geographically widespread, the most widespread flying fox in the Pacific: it is found in American Samoa, the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa (where it is called pe'a fanua, pe'a fai and taulaga), the Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu.[1]
History
Archaeologists on an excavation site at Rurutu announced in 2006 some important fossil finds:
Five bones, representing one adult of the Pacific Flying Fox, Pteropus tonganus, were recovered from an archaeological site on Rurutu (151[degrees] 210 W, 22[degrees] 270'S), Austral Islands, French Polynesia, making this the most eastern extension of the species. For the first time, flying fox bones from cultural deposits were directly dated by accelerator mass spectrometry, yielding an age of death between A.D. 1064 and 1155. Their stratigraphic position in an Archaic period archaeological site and the absence of bones in the late prehistoric to historic layers point to extirpation of the species. No flying fox bones were found in prehuman deposits and human transport of the species cannot be ruled out.[3]
Description
The range of coloration in this bat species varies somewhat. Its back is described as black or seal brown; its mantle has been called orange, yellow, cream buff, and tawny.[4] This bat lacks an interfemoral membrane; its forearms and tibia are bare, and the fur of the males is described as "stiff, short, oily hairs".[4]
In flight, their outstretched wings appear a translucent dark brown when viewed from below.[5]
Distribution and habitat
The insular flying fox has a widespread distribution in Polynesia. Its range includes Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga, the Cook Islands, Tuvalu, Tokelau, Niue, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Wallis and Futuna. It sometimes migrates between islands and its typical habitat is tropical wet forests, mangrove forests and plantations.[6]
Behavior
Like most species of bat, this flying fox is nocturnal and roosts in colonies high in the canopy. These bats favor lowland native forests, cliffs, islets, and swampy areas. The females give birth to a single offspring each year although occasionally twins are born.[6]
Insular flying foxes are frugivores and eat pollen and nectar. They are important pollinators of Ceiba pentandra and perhaps other species.[4]
Status
The IUCN rates the insular flying fox as being of "Least Concern" because it has a wide range and presumed large population. It is hunted for food on some islands and it is also threatened by degradation of native forest for logging and for conversion to plantations and cultivated land. Populations appear to be declining but not at such a rate as to warrant placing the bat in a more threatened category.[6]
Associated viruses
Bats are well known as natural hosts and possibly reservoirs of a large diversity of both RNA and DNA viruses, of which some are responsible for emerging infections and disease outbreaks. Faecal matter from four roosting sites of insular flying foxes in Tonga was sampled for viruses during 2014–2015. Analysis of the recovered DNA sequences revealed 48 single-stranded DNA viruses, including 5 cyclovirus and 14 gemycircularvirus novel species. Three of the viruses were sampled in consecutive years and six were found at multiple sites indicating that they are persistently associated with insular flying fox colonies.[7]
References
Lavery, T.H.; Scanlon, A.; Helgen, K.; Hamilton, S. (2020). "Pteropus tonganus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18764A22088495. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T18764A22088495.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
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Bollt, Robert; Findlater, Amy; Weisler, Marshall I. (July 2006). "A New Eastern Limit of the Pacific Flying Fox, Pteropus tonganus (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), in Prehistoric Polynesia: a Case of Possible Human Transport and Extirpation" (PDF). Pacific Science. 60 (3): 403. doi:10.1353/psc.2006.0020. hdl:10125/22575. S2CID 53691254.
Miller, Carrie A.; Wilson, Don E. (9 May 1997). "Pteropus tonganus" (PDF). Mammalian Species (552). American Society of Mammalogists: 1. doi:10.2307/3504121. JSTOR 3504121. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
Ryan, Paddy. "Pteropus tonganus - Tongan fruit bat or flying fox". Thornton, Colorado: Ryan Photographic. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
Lavery, T.H.; Scanlon, A.; Helgen, K.; Hamilton, S. (2020). "Pteropus tonganus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18764A22088495. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T18764A22088495.en. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
Male, Maketalena F.; Kraberger, Simona; Stainton, Daisy; Kami, Viliami; Varsani, Arvind (April 2016). "Cycloviruses, gemycircularviruses and other novel replication-associated protein encoding circular viruses in Pacific flying fox (Pteropus tonganus) faeces". Infection, Genetics and Evolution. 39: 279–292. doi:10.1016/j.meegid.2016.02.009. PMID 26873064.
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