Pteropus subniger (Kerr, 1792) . In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, p. 91.

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

DISTRIBUTION: Reunion and Mauritius Isis (Mascarene Isis).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Extinct; probably extinct, see Cheke and Dahl (1981).

SYNONYMS: collaris, ruber, rubidum, rubricollis, torquatus .

COMMENTS: See Bergmans (1990).