Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger)

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Subject:	Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger)
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Pteropus niger at La Vanille Crocodile Farm, Mauritius
Date 28 July 1989
Source http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?enlarge=0000+0000+0113+0610
Author Simon J. Tonge
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pteropus_niger_three.jpeg

The Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger), also known as Greater Mascarene flying fox or Mauritius fruit bat is a large megabat species endemic to Mauritius and La Réunion.

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Scientific Name: Pteropus niger (Kerr, 1792) Common Names: Greater Mascarene Flying Fox, Mauritan Flying Fox, Mauritian Flying Fox, Mauritius Fruit Bat; [French] Grande roussette des Mascareignes, Roussette noire; [Spanish] Zorro Volador Negro de Mauricio Synonyms: Vespertilio vampirus ssp. niger Kerr, 1792 Pteropus fuscus E. Geoffroy, 1803 Pteropus mauritianus Hermann, 1804 Pteropus rufus Tiedemann, 1808 Pteropus pteropus Merriam ex Brisson, 1895 Pteropus vulgaris E. Geoffroy, 1810

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