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Pteropus aldabrensis True 1893

Description

Pteropus aldabrensis True, 1893. Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 16:533.

TYPE LOCALITY: Seychelles, Aldabra Isl.

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II; IUCN - Vulnerable as P. s. aldabrensis.

COMMENTS: Included in P. seychellensis by Hill (1971b), but see Bergmans (1990).

Notes

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 146, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353060

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Biodiversity

Family
Pteropodidae
Genus
Pteropus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Chiroptera
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
True
Species
aldabrensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Pteropus aldabrensis True, 1893 sec. Koopman, 1993

References

  • Hill, J. E. 1971 b. The bats of Aldabra Atoll, western Indian Ocean. Philososophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, B 260: 573 - 576.
  • 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.