Small Mauritian flying fox
The small Mauritian flying fox or dark flying fox (Pteropus subniger), known as a rougette to early French travelers, is an extinct species of megabat. It lived on the islands of Réunion and Mauritius in the Mascarene Islands of the Indian Ocean.
| Small Mauritian flying fox | |
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| Specimen in Museum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | †P. subniger |
| Binomial name | |
| †Pteropus subniger Kerr, 1792 | |
| Former range (in red) | |
The junior synonym Pteropus rubricollis was widely used for flying foxes in general in the 19th century, which has caused some confusion.
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