What is Mauritian flying fox?
{{speciesbox | image = Pteropus niger three.jpeg | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn | last1=Kingston| first1= T.| last2= Florens| first2= V.| last3= Oleksy| first3= R.| last4= Ruhomaun| first4= K.| last5= Tatayah| first5= V.|year= 2018| title= Pteropus niger| volume= 2018| page= e.T18743A86475525| doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T18743A86475525.en}}</ref> | genus = Pteropus | species = niger | authority = ([[Robert Kerr (writer)|Kerr]], 1792) | synonyms= ''Vespertilio vampirus niger'' {{small|Kerr, 1792}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kerr |first1=Robert |title=The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System, of the Celebrated Sir Charles Linnæus. Class I. Mammalia |date=1792 |publisher=A. Strahan |location=Edinburgh |pages=90–91 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664108}}</ref> | range_map = Mauritian Flying Fox area.png | range_map_caption = Mauritian flying fox range<br/>(red — extant, black — extinct) }} The '''Mauritian flying fox''' (''Pteropus niger'') is also known as '''Greater Mascarene flying fox''' or '''Mauritius fruit bat'''. It is a megabat species [[endemic]] to [[Mauritius]] and [[La Réunion]]. An out-of-date name for this [[megabat]] is ''Vespertilio niger''. == References == {{reflist}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Bats]] [[Category:Mammals of Africa]]