Pteropus temmincki Peters, 1867 . Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 331.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Molucca Isis., Amboina Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Buru; Amboina; Seram; Bismarck Arch.; nearby small islands; perhaps Timor Isl.

COMMENT: See K. Andersen, 1912, Cat. Chiroptera Br. Mus., p. 318, for clarification of the type locality.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405001024045001.