Pteropus giganteus (Brunnich, 1782) . Dyrenes Historié, 1:45.

TYPE LOCALITY: India, Bengal .

DISTRIBUTION: Maidive Isis.; India; Sri Lanka; Pakistan; Burma; Andaman Isis. Tsinghai (China)(SW).

COMMENT: Includes ariel; see Hill, 1958, J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 55:5, 6.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405001024015001.