Pteropus alecto Temminck 1837

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Chiroptera - Family Pteropodidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 313-350 : 335

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scientific name	Pteropus alecto Temminck 1837
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Pteropus alecto Temminck 1837 , Monogr. Mamm., Vol. 2: 75.

Type Locality: Indonesia, N Sulawesi, Menado.

Vernacular Names: Black Flying Fox.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Pteropus alecto subsp. alecto Temminck 1837

Subspecies Pteropus alecto subsp. aterrimus Matschie 1899

Subspecies Pteropus alecto subsp. gouldi Peters 1867

Subspecies Pteropus alecto subsp. morio K. Andersen 1908

Distribution: Sulawesi, Saleyer Isl, Lombok, Bawean Isl, Kangean Isls, Sumba Isl, and Savu Isl ( Indonesia); N and E Australia; S New Guinea.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II. IUCN / SSC Action Plan (1992) – Not Threatened. IUCN 2003 – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: alecto species group. Includes gouldi; see Tate (1942 b); also see Bergmans and Rozendaal (1988). The synonymy of nicobaricus with alecto is uncertain ( Corbet and Hill, 1992). See Webb and Tideman (1995) for discussion of cases of hybridization with poliocephalus and possible hybridization with conspicillatus . Also see Flannery (1995 a, b).