Pemba flying fox, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 11 relations: Ecotourism, Endemism, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Megabat, Paul Matschie, Pemba Island, Pteropus, Shotgun, Taboo, Tanzania, Vulnerable species.

2. Pemba Island

Ecotourism

Ecotourism is a form of tourism marketed as "responsible" travel (using what proponents say is sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Megabat

Megabats constitute the family Pteropodidae of the order Chiroptera (bats).

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Paul Matschie

Paul Matschie Paul Matschie (11 August 1861, Brandenburg an der Havel – 7 March 1926, Friedenau) was a German zoologist. Pemba flying fox and Paul Matschie are Taxa named by Paul Matschie.

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Pemba Island

Pemba Island (الجزيرة الخضراء al-Jazīra al-khadrāʔ, literally "The Green Island"; Pemba kisiwa) is a Tanzanian island forming part of the Zanzibar Archipelago, lying within the Swahili Coast in the Indian Ocean.

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Pteropus

Pteropus (suborder Yinpterochiroptera) is a genus of megabats which are among the largest bats in the world. Pemba flying fox and Pteropus are bats of Africa.

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Shotgun

A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, peppergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a long-barreled firearm designed to shoot a straight-walled cartridge known as a shotshell, which discharges numerous small spherical projectiles called shot, or a single solid projectile called a slug.

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Taboo

A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people.

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Tanzania

Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, (formerly Swahililand) is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.

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Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

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See also

Pemba Island

• Archaeology of Pemba Island
• Chake-Chake
• Chake-Chake Bay
• Chambani
• Chwaka, Pemba
• Chwale
• Daya, Pemba
• Fidel Castro Secondary School
• Fundo Island
• Gando, Zanzibar
• Jiso
• Kichokochwe Ruins
• Matumbi Lighthouse
• Mduuni
• Mkia wa Ng'ombe
• Mkoani
• Msuka Mjini Ruins
• Mtambwe Mkuu
• Ngagu
• Ngezi Forest Reserve
• Njao Island
• Omar Ali Juma
• Pemba Airport (Tanzania)
• Pemba Channel
• Pemba Island
• Pemba North Region
• Pemba South Region
• Pemba flying fox
• Pemba green pigeon
• Pemba scops owl
• Pemba sunbird
• Pemba white-eye
• Phelsuma parkeri
• Popobawa
• Pujini Ruins
• Ras Kigomasha Lighthouse
• Ras Mkumbuu
• Ras Mkumbuu Ruins
• Shamiani
• Sinking of MV Spice Islander I
• Tumbe
• Wete

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemba_flying_fox

Also known as Pteropus voeltzkowi.