Pteropus hypomelanus Temminck, 1853 . Esquisses Zool. sur la Côte de Guine, p. 61.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Molucca Isis, Ternate Isl .

DISTRIBUTION: Maidive Isis; New Guinea through Indonesia to Vietnam and Thailand, and adjacent islands; Solomon Isis; Philippines.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: annectens, cagayanus, canus, condorensis, enganus, fretensis, gentinorum, lepidus, luteus, macassaricus, maris, robinsoni, simalurus, tomesi, tricolor, vulcanius.

COMMENTS: Formerly included brunneus; see Ride (1970: 180); but see Koopman (1984c).