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Taxon: Species Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792) - greater Mascarene flying fox (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation (Kerr, in Linnaeus, 1792), typ. cons.
Original name Kerr in Linnaeus, 1792:90.
Subsequent rank
Subsequent generic combination

Attributes

Conserved type (typ. cons.) Ref: ICZN, 1998. Opinion 1894: 64.

Types

Type ofPteropus niger species group Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 341. [inferred]
Type, by original designation, ofPteropus (Genus) Brisson, 1762

Combinations

BasionymVespertilio niger R. Kerr, 1792

Synonyms

Junior subjective synonymPteropus rufus Tiedemann, 1808, nom. illeg. Ref: N.B. Simmons, 2005: 343-344.

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namezwarte vleerhond Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namegreater Mascarene flying fox Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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