Pteropus subniger

(Kerr, 1792)

Lesser 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

Extinct
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/38664109

Original name as described

Vespertilio Vampyrus subniger

Other common names

Dark Flying Fox

Type material

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Réunion I, Mascarene Is, France.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Mauritius · Réunion

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004501

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 rubricollis

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rubricollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546698

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 Vampyrus subniger

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

subniger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664109

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Pteropus subniger

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

subniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124, 125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18761/22088168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Spectrum rubidum

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rubidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033438

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:188, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033438) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus fuscus

Desmarest, 1803

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

544

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus ruber

É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ruber

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus torquatus

G. Fischer, 1814

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

torquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

xix, 553

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130640

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xix, 553, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130640) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus collaris

Illiger, 1815

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

collaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

78, 84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080934 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080940

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Pteropus vulgaris

Temminck, 1837

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

vulgaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

74

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

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