Pteropus subniger

(Kerr, 1792)

Lesser Mascarene Flying Fox

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

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://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004501

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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.

Total: 10 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio Vampyrus subniger

Kerr, 1792

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

subniger

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

Réunion.

Authority page

91

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Kerr (1792:91, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664109) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)

Spectrum rubidum

Daudin, 1802

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rubidus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type locality

Réunion.

Authority page

188

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

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

Pteropus fuscus

A. G. Desmarest, 1803

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fuscus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type locality

Réunion.

Authority page

544

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57409217

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

Desmarest (1803:544, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57409217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67530)
Rafinesque (1817:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
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

Original type locality

Les Indes Orientales

Type locality

Réunion.

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
Rafinesque (1817:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
Muirhead (1819:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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

Original type locality

L'île de Bourbon

Type locality

Réunion.

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Wiedemann (1817:128, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14928994) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69430)
Desmarest (1821:110, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
Schinz (1821:154, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528911) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
Lesson (1827:109, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207577) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
Fischer (1829:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)
Gray (1838:503, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
Lesson (1842:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
Trouessart (1897:77, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404757) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)
Trouessart (1904:54, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422840) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
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

Original type locality

Frequens in Madagascaria, Borbona, Ternate, insulisque Philippicis

Type locality

Réunion.

Authority page

xix, 553

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Moscow

Name usages

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

Pteropus collaris

Illiger, 1815

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

collaris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Original type locality

auf den ostlichen Inseln

Type locality

Réunion.

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

Illiger (1815:78, 84, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080934, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080940) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)
Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
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)

Spectrum rubricolle:

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

rubricollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994618

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:101, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Pteropus subniger:

G. M. Allen, 1939

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

subniger

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

61

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782091

Authority publication

Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology

Name usages

Allen (1939:61, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2782091) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5450)
Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:124, 125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Koopman (1993:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
Koopman (1994:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004501) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18761/22088168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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