DOIAbstract
Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792). In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1:90. TYPE LOCALITY: Mascarene Isis, Reunion Isl (France). DISTRIBUTION: Mascarene Isis (Reunion Isl, Mauritius Isl, subfossil on Rodriquez Isl). STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable. Extinct on Reunion Isl, see Cheke and Dahl (1981). SYNONYMS: fuscus, mauritianus, vulgaris. COMMENTS: See Bergmans (1990).Published as part of Karl F. Koopman, 1993, Order Chiroptera, pp. 137-241 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 149, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735306
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