Pteropus seychellensis Milne-Edwards, 1877

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 151

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scientific name	Pteropus seychellensis Milne-Edwards, 1877
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Pteropus seychellensis Milne-Edwards, 1877 View in CoL View at ENA . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, 2:221.

TYPE LOCALITY: Seychelle Isis, Mahe Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Seychelle Isis, Aldabra Isl, Comoro Isis, Mafia Isl (off Tanzania).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: comorensis .

COMMENTS: Includes comorensis ; see Hill (19716:574), who also included aldabrensis ; but see Bergmans (1990) who kept aldabrensis as a separate species.

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.

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Taxonomy

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

Pteropus seychellensis Milne-Edwards, 1877

Karl F. Koopman 1993

1993

Pteropus seychellensis

Milne-Edwards 1877: 221

1877

Specimens