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GENUS Pteropus
Author: | Brisson, 1762. | Citation: | Regnum Animale, Ed. 2: 13, 153. | Type Species: | Vespertilio vampirus niger Kerr, 1792, type species by designation under plenary powers of the International Commision on Zoological Nomenclature. | Comments: | The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature ruled in favor of rejecting Brisson (1762), but conserved several of the generic names including Pteropus (Opinion 1894, ICZN 1998). Formerly included arquatus and leucotis which were transferred to Acerodon by Musser et al. (1982a). Species groups follow Koopman (1994). |
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