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Post by sebbe67 on May 11, 2005 15:25:18 GMT
(a species of fruit bat).
The species are known from a single specimens.
An adult female collected in March 1897 by John Waterstradt
It was collected on the island of Salebabu in the Talaud group
which are a small group beetween the Phillipines and Sulawesi.
The species havent been recorded since and because of the forest logging on the island are the species extinct on the island it hasnt been recorded since 1897. Seems like hunting from locals and intrduced animas such rats and cats made it extinct,
It differs from other acerodon species in its small size, lack of buffy nuchal patch and short rounded ears.
It is seal-brown in colour with a dark russet collar.
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Post by another specialist on May 11, 2005 15:28:05 GMT
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Post by sebbe67 on May 11, 2005 15:30:40 GMT
yes it is the scientific name is Acerodon humilis
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Post by another specialist on May 11, 2005 16:11:00 GMT
RILEY, J. 2002. The rediscovery of Talaud Islands Flying Fox, Acerodon humilis Andersen, 1909, and notes on other fruit bats from the Sangihe and Talaud Islands, Indonesia (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 22 (2): 393-410.
Seems like it been rediscovered just can't find info or file anywhere on the net just this little mention......
Has anyway got this........
It seems like its been rediscovered after all those years......
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Post by sebbe67 on May 11, 2005 16:22:38 GMT
hmmm I will try to find some more information about this, it has been rediscovered that is clear, but the internet seems to have quite little information about it,
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Post by another specialist on May 11, 2005 16:29:55 GMT
Same here looking through books etc as i can't find nothing on the net except that little bit of text i posted.
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Post by sebbe67 on Jan 21, 2007 19:28:08 GMT
Some update on this one, I send a e-mail to Jon Riley and got a reply.
In 1999 they examined bats that had been trapped/shot by hunters in the Talaud Islands, a few of these turned out to be Acerodon humilis.
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Post by Bhagatí on Jan 21, 2007 20:38:36 GMT
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Post by sebbe67 on Jan 21, 2007 21:05:31 GMT
Sorry, but this species is not known from any living specimens, just dead ones so far so that photo is misslebelled. |
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Post by surroundx on Sept 4, 2016 9:02:51 GMT
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Post by Peter on Dec 24, 2022 21:27:34 GMT
RILEY, J. 2002. The rediscovery of Talaud Islands Flying Fox, Acerodon humilis Andersen, 1909, and notes on other fruit bats from the Sangihe and Talaud Islands, Indonesia (Mammalia: Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Faunistische Abhandlungen (Dresden) 22 (2): 393-410. Seems like it been rediscovered just can't find info or file anywhere on the net just this little mention...... Has anyway got this........ It seems like its been rediscovered after all those years...... Talaud Islands Flying Fox (Acerodon humilis), endemic to the Talaud Islands, Sulawesi, Indonesia, was rediscovered in April 1999 on Karakelang island, over 100 years since it was last recorded. In 1999, four individuals, all trapped by local hunters in gardens bordering primary forest, were observed during a total of four months fieldwork on Karakelang. The Sangihe-Talaud archipelago is now known to support eleven species of fruit bat, of which five are threatened or near threatened species: Sulawesi Flying Fox (Acerodon celebensis), Golden-mantled Flying Fox (Pteropus pumilus), Philippine [Grey] Flying Fox (Pteropus griseus speciosus), Talaud Islands Flying Fox (Acerodon humilis), and Swift Fruit Bat (Thoopterus nigrescens). These populations are of increasing conservation significance given continued forest loss and hunting pressures in Sulawesi and the Philippines. Forest loss is a severe threat on Sangihe, but the main pressure on populations in both island groups is subsistence and commercial hunting. At present, hunting occurs as a secondary economic activity but increasing pressure from markets in Sulawesi could cause hunting to increase. To encourage the conservation of fruit bats on Sangihe-Talaud, a number of species should be protected under Indonesian law, and local communities made aware of the considerable economic importance of these animals and the negative impact of hunting. |
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