Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792) . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1:90.

TYPE LOCALITY: Mascarene Isis, Reunion Isl (France) .

DISTRIBUTION: Mascarene Isis (Reunion Isl, Mauritius Isl, subfossil on Rodriquez Isl).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable. Extinct on Reunion Isl, see Cheke and Dahl (1981).

SYNONYMS: fuscus, mauritianus, vulgaris.

COMMENTS: See Bergmans (1990).