Moluccan Flying Fox – Pteropus chrysoproctus

Pteropus chrysoproctusTemminck, 1837

Accepted name, Mammal Species of the World 2005

chrysoproctus species group. See Flannery (1995b). Apparently includes argentatus, a taxon based on a badly damaged immature specimen thought to be from Ambon (K. Helgen, pers. comm.). Sulawesi specimens previously referred to argentatus were allocated to Acerodon celebensis by Musser et al. (1982a). This complex includes several undescribed species (K. Helgen, pers. comm.).

• Wilson, D and Reeder, D. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. 3rd ed. -- 2142 pp. Johns Hopkins University Press.