Acerodon jubatus lucifer (Panay Golden-crowned Flying Fox)

[Peter]

Panay (formerly regarded as Acerdon lucifer, now extinct, though animals from Boracay (not A. lucifer) visit the north of the island to feed)

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SUBSPECIES Acerodon jubatus lucifer
Author: Elliot, 1896.

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On my website's next major update, I will list this bat as an extinct subspecies (not listed on IUCN list):
Acerodon jubatus lucifer

[Peter]

From:
Ingle, N. R., and L. R. Heaney. 1992. A key to the bats of the Philippine Islands. Fieldiana: Zoology, n.s., 69:1-44. (www.archive.org/details/keytobatsofphili69ingl)

"Acerodon lucifer
This species is known only from the type series collected on Panay Island in 1888. Based on current knowledge, it differs from most Acerodon jubatus only on the basis of smaller size, but it overlaps with some populations for all measurements. It is possible that careful study will show it to have denning characters that are not yet recognized, or, alternatively, to be a geographic variant of the widespread A. jubatus."

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From:
Heaney, L. R., D. S. Balete, M. L. Dolar, A. C. Alcala, A. T. L. Dans, P. C. Gonzales, N. R. Ingle, M. V. Lepiten, W. L. R. Oliver, P. S. Ong, E. A. Rickart, B. R. Tabaranza, Jr., and R. C. B. Utzurrum. 1998. A synopsis of the mammalian fauna of the Philippine Islands. Fieldiana: Zoology, n.s., 88:1-61. (www.archive.org/details/synopsisofmammal88fiel)

"The number of fruit bats known from the Philippines has increased from 23 to 25, with the addition of as yet undescribed species of Haplonycteris from Sibuyan and Pteropus from Mindoro and the new record of Pteropus dasymallus from the Babuyan Islands, along with the inclusion of Acerodon lucifer as a synonym of Acerodon jubatus (as discussed below)."

"Acerodon jubatus (Eschscholtz, 1831)."
"Comment—Includes the Panay golden-crowned flying fox (Acerodon lucifer Elliot, 1896). Examination of all known extant specimens of A. lucifer has shown that there are no morphological differences that distinguish the two supposed species (Ingle & Heaney, 1992; Heaney, unpubl. data). Specimens from Panay show the greatest resemblance to those from Negros. The Panay population, which formerly occurred in large colonies, was presumed extinct (Elliot, 1896; Heaney & Heideman, 1987; Mickleburgh et al., 1992; Utzurrum, 1992), but recent sightings on Boracay (Maro & Ingle, unpubl. data) may represent this species. Possibly extinct on Siquijor (Lepiten, 1995)."

[surroundx]

Mickleburgh, Simon P., Hutson, Anthony M. and Racey, Paul A. (1992). Old World fruit bats. An action plan for their conservation. Gland, Switzerland: IUCN. viii + 252 pp.