Vespertilio vampyrus niger Kerr, 1792

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SUBSPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Mammalia

order

Chiroptera

family

Pteropodidae

genus

Pteropus

species

Pteropus niger

Name

Homonyms

Vespertilio vampyrus niger Kerr, 1792

Bibliographic References

1. Bergmans, Wim, 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, vol. 40, no. 7. 111-177.
2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1894 Regnum Animale?, Ed. 2 (M. J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for Nomenciatural purposes, with the conservation of the Mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1), 64-71 (1998)