Pteropus livingstonii
J. E. Gray, 1866
Livingstone's Flying Fox
Distribution :
Comoro Isls.
Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4628
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Laurasiatheria |
| Order | : Chiroptera |
| Suborder | : Yinpterochiroptera |
| Superfamily | : Pteropodoidea |
| Family | : Pteropodidae |
| Subfamily | : Pteropodinae |
| Tribe | : Pteropodini |
| Genus | : Pteropus |
Species status
Authority citation
Gray, J.E. 1866-05. A revision of the genera of pteropine bats (Pteropidee), and the descriptions of some apparently undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(1):62-67.
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Original name as described
Pteropus livingstonii
Other common names
Comoro Flying Fox · Livingstone's Fruit Bat
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1863.12.11.2
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
Type locality
"Island of Johanna [= Anjouan Island], Comoro group [= Comoros]."
Biogeographic realm
Afrotropic
Country distribution
Comoros
IUCN Red List status
Endangered
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Names and synonyms
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Total: 3 names and synonyms.
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