Pteropus melanopogon Peters, 1867 . Monatsb. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, p. 330.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Molucca Isis., Amboina .

DISTRIBUTION: Aru Isis.; Kei Isis.; Amboina; Buru; Seram; Banda Isis.; Timor Laut; Sangihe Isis.; adjacent islands.

COMMENT: Does not include sepikensis; see Koopman, 1979, Am. Mus. Novit., 2690:5. See comment under neohibernicus .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405001024027001.