Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792)

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 149

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scientific name	Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792)
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Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792) View in CoL View at ENA . 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).

Bergmans, W. 1990. Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia: Megachiroptera). 3. The genera Scotonycteris Matschie, 1894, Casinycteris Thomas, 1910, Pteropus Brisson, 1762, and Eidolon Rafinesque, 1815. Beaufortia, 40 (7): 111 - 177.

Cheke, A. S., and A. F. Dahl. 1981. The status of bats on western Indian Ocean Islands, with special reference to Pteropus. Mammalia, 45: 205 - 238.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Chiroptera
Family	Pteropodidae
Genus	Pteropus

Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792)

Karl F. Koopman 1993

1993

Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792)

Kerr 1792: 90

1792

Specimens