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Pteropus vampyrus Linnaeus 1758 (large flying fox)

Mammalia - Megachiroptera - Pteropodidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 233600

Alternative combination: Vespertilio vampyrus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Pteropus according to O. Thomas 1911

Sister taxa: Pteropus hypomelanus, Pteropus niger, Pteropus poliocephalus

Ecology: scansorial insectivore