Pteropus seychellensis Milne-Edwards, 1877 . Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 7, 2:221.

TYPE LOCALITY: Seychelle Isis, Mahe Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Seychelle Isis, Aldabra Isl, Comoro Isis, Mafia Isl (off Tanzania).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: comorensis .

COMMENTS: Includes comorensis; see Hill (19716:574), who also included aldabrensis; but see Bergmans (1990) who kept aldabrensis as a separate species.