Pteropus niger

(Kerr, 1792)

Greater Mascarene Flying Fox

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Tribe : Pteropodini
Genus : Pteropus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664108

Original name as described

Vespertilio vampirus niger

Other common names

Black-spined Flying Fox · Black-Spined Fruit Bat · Mauritian Flying Fox · Mauritius Fruit Bat

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

La Réunion Island, Mascarene Islands (France).

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritius · Réunion

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004481

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Pteropus vulgaris

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1990-26

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1990-26

Authority page

92

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546697

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio vampirus niger

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664108

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Pteropus niger

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

niger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

xix

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:37) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:123) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18743) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18743/86475525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Spectrum vampirus

(de Lacépède, 1799)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vampirus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Daudin (1802:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)

Pteropus fuscus

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

46

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Vespertilio mauritianus

(Hermann, 1804)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

mauritianus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

19

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13419927

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus rufus

Tiedemann, 1808

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rufus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

535

Authority publication

Landshut

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Spectrum vulgare

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994617

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Pteropus pteropus

C. H. Merriam, 1895

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pteropus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

376

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31499246

Authority publication

Science

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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