Pteropus niger

Pteropus niger

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yinpterochiroptera

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Pteropodini
Genus: Pteropus
Species: Pteropus niger

Name

Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792)

Type locality: Mascarene Islands, Réunion Island (France).

Synonyms

• fuscus E. Geoffroy, 1803
• mauritianus Hermann, 1804
• rufus Tiedemann, 1808
• pteropus Merriam ex Brisson, 1895
• vulgaris E. Geoffroy, 1810

Distribution

• Mascarene Islands (RTunion, Mauritius Islands)

References

• Kerr. 1792. In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom, 1: 90.
• Conservation status: IUCN Red List

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Maskarenen-Flughund
English: Greater Mascarene Flying Fox
français: Roussette noire
Nederlands: Zwarte vleerhond