Correct name for the Indian flying fox (Pteropodidae).
Vespertilio 16: 203–204. ISSN 1213-6123.
Abstract:
I show that the name Pteropus giganteus Brünnich, 1782, frequently used for the Indian flying fox following Miller (1903), was created by Brünnich as a new replacement name for Vespertilio vampyrus Linnaeus, 1758. Pteropus giganteus Brünnich, 1782 is thus a junior objective synonym of Pteropus vampyrus (Linnaeus, 1758). The Indian flying fox should be called Pteropus medius Temminck, 1825, which is the oldest name available for this species.
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