Pteropus seychellensis
A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
Seychelles 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
Milne-Edwards, A. 1878. Observations sur les chauves-souris des îles Seychelles. Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris (7)2:221-222.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31629362Original name as described
Pteropus Seychellensis
Type material
MNHN-ZM-MO-1878-1110
Type kind
lectotype
Type specimen URI
http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1878-1110Type locality
Mahé (Island), Seychelle Islands.
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Tanzania · Comoros · Seychelles · Mayotte
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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