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Pteropus (flying fox)
Taxonomy
Pteropus was named by Brisson (1762) [conserved in ICZN Opinion 1894]. It is extant. Its type is Vespertilio niger.
It was assigned to Pteropina by Gray (1825); and to Pteropodidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Pteropina by Gray (1825); and to Pteropodidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Burney et al. (2008).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1762 | Pteropus Brisson p. 13 |
| 1825 | Pteropus Gray p. 338 |
| 2005 | Pteropus Wilson and Reeder |
| 2008 | Pteropus Burney et al. p. 18 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Pteropus Brisson 1762 [flying fox]
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Pteropus alecto Temminck 1837 [Black flying fox]
Pteropus giganteus Brünnich 1782
Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck 1853
Pteropus intermedius Andersen 1908 [Andersen's flying fox]
Pteropus lylei Andersen 1908 [Lyles flying fox]
Pteropus mariannus Desmarest 1822 [Marianas flying fox]
Pteropus melanotus Blyth 1863 [Black-eared flying fox]
Pteropus melanotus modiglianii Thomas 1894
Pteropus niger Kerr 1792 [Mauritian flying fox]
Pteropus poliocephalus Temminck 1825
Pteropus vampyrus Linnaeus 1758 [large flying fox]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available