Pteropus pselaphon

Lay, 1829 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Chiroptera/Pteropodidae/Pteropus

At a glance

Occurrence records18

Data sources8

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Pteropus pselaphon's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF18 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈2.2 Gbp

01Narrative

The Bonin flying fox, Bonin fruit bat (Pteropus pselaphon), or in Japanese is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to four islands (Chichijima, Hahajima, North Iwo Jima, and South Iwo Jima) in Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Its natural habitat is subtropical forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAnAgeAmnioteDBEltonTraitsPanTHERIA

Size & morphology2

Body mass321 g

⚠ sources differ — AnAge: 321 g · AmnioteDB: 321 g · EltonTraits: 283 g

Forearm length136 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Litter size0.98

Max. longevity200 months

Diet & foraging1

Fruit100 %

Habitat & environment2

Habitat breadth1

Terrestriality2.00

Other traits2

Activity cycle-999.00

Foraging stratumAr

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Pteropus pselaphon has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Pteropus pselaphon carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈2 167 613 222 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Pteropus pselaphon2.17 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

Completeness93.4% BUSCO

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type18 records

Wild obs. + sensor14

Museum / vouchered4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO72 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 14

14 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor14

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	2
Stockholm, SE	1
Helsinki, FI	1

3 institutions · 4 of 4 vouchered records shown

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