Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger)

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Subject:	Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger)
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Resolution: 1500x993 File Size: 181433 Bytes Date: 2012:10:27 18:08:40 Camera: NIKON D3X (NIKON CORPORATION) F number: f/5.6 Exposure: 1/320 sec Focal Length: 300/1 Upload Date: 2017:05:17 10:51:45

Mauritian flying fox (Pteropus niger)

Français : Pteropus niger - Roussette noire -
English: Pteropus niger - Mauritian flying fox - Greater Mascarene flying fox - Mauritius fruit bat
Português: Pteropus niger - raposa-voadora negra -
Date 27 October 2012, 18:08:40
Author Luis Correia
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2012-10-27-Mauritius_-_Pteropus_niger_-_Roussette_-_L2290C.JPG

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.
Order: Chiroptera
Family: Pteropodidae
Genus: Pteropus
Species: Pteropus niger Kerr, 1792

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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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