Pteropus niger

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.7353060 {"references": ["Cheke, A. S., and A. F. Dahl. 1981. The status of bats on western Indian Ocean Islands, with special reference to Pteropus. Mammalia, 45: 205 - 238.", "Bergmans, W. 1990. Taxonomy and biogeography of African fruit bats (Mammalia: Megachiroptera). 3. The genera Scotonycteris Matschie, 1894, Casinycteris Thomas, 1910, Pteropus Brisson, 1762, and Eidolon Rafinesque, 1815. Beaufortia, 40 (7): 111 - 177."]}