Pteropus aldabrensis True, 1893

Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 137-241 : 146

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scientific name	Pteropus aldabrensis True, 1893
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Pteropus aldabrensis True, 1893 View in CoL View at ENA . Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 16:533.

TYPE LOCALITY: Seychelles, Aldabra Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable as P. s. aldabrensis .

COMMENTS: Included in P. seychellensis by Hill (1971b), but 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.

Hill, J. E. 1971 b. The bats of Aldabra Atoll, western Indian Ocean. Philososophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 260: 573 - 576.

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Taxonomy

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

Pteropus aldabrensis True, 1893

Karl F. Koopman 1993

1993

Pteropus aldabrensis

True 1893: 533

1893

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