Pteropus rayneri Gray, 1870 . Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats Br. Mus., p. 108.

TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis., Guadalcanal Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Solomon Isis.

COMMENT: Includes cognatus; see Hill, 1962, in Wolff, The Nat. Hist, of Rennel Isl. and Brit. Solomon Isis., 4:9. Corbet and Hill, 1980:36, listed cognatus as a distinct species without comment.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301405001024037001 as P. rayneri .

5301405001024010001 as P. cognatus .