Pteropus Erxleben, 1777 . Syst. RegniAnim., p. 130.

TYPE SPECIES: Vespertilio vampirus niger Kerr, 1792 .

COMMENTS: Originally named Pteropus by Brisson, 1762, in Regnum Animale, which is not available (Hopwood, 1947). Formerly included arquatus and leucotis which were transferred to Acerodon by Musser et al. (1982a).