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Pteropus livingstonii Gray, 1866:66

Comoro black flying fox, Comoro flying fox, Livingstone's fruit bat

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

 

 

Conservation Status

Rediscovered

 

Distribution

Anjouan and Mohéli, Comoros, western Indian Ocean

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Cheke, A. S. & Dahl, J. F. (1981) The status of bats on western Indian Ocean islands, with special reference to Pteropus. Mammalia, 45, 205-238.

Fisher, Diana O. (2011). Trajectories from extinction: where are missing mammals rediscovered? Global Ecology & Biogeography 20: 415-425. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00624.x [Appendix S1]

Simmons, N.B. and A.L. Cirranello. 2023. Bat Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic database. Version 1.3. Accessed on 06/18/2023. 

 

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