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--> FAMILY Pteropodidae
--> GENUS Pteropus
SPECIES Pteropus niger
| Author: | Kerr, 1792. | | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1: 90. | | Common Name: | Greater Mascarene Flying Fox | | Type Locality: | Mascarene Isls, Réunion Isl (France). | | Distribution: | Mascarene Isls (Réunion Isl, Mauritius Isl, subfossil on Rodrigues Isl). Madagascar records are probably erroneous (Bergmans, 1990). | | Status: | CITES – Appendix II. IUCN/SSC Action Plan (1992) – Vulnerable: Limited Distribution. IUCN 2003 – Vulnerable. Extinct on Réunion Isl, see Cheke and Dahl (1981). | | Comments: | niger species group. Reviewed by Bergmans (1990). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
fuscus E. Geoffroy, 1803
mauritianus Hermann, 1804
rufus Tiedemann, 1808
pteropus Merriam ex Brisson, 1895
vulgaris E. Geoffroy, 1810
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