Pteropus ornatus Gray, 1870 . Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats Br. Mus., p. 105.

TYPE LOCALITY: New Caledonia, Noumea (France) .

DISTRIBUTION: Loyalty Isis.; New Caledonia.

COMMENT: Includes auratus; see Felten, 1964, Senckenberg. Biol., 45:678-680.