Pteropus melanopogon Peters, 1867 . Monatsb. K. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1867:330.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Molucca Isis, Amboina .

DISTRIBUTION: Aru Isis, Kei Isis, Amboina, Buru, Seram, Banda Isis, Timor Laut, and adjacent islands (Indonesia). A Sangihe Isl record is erroneous; see Bergmans and Rozendaal (1988:65).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: aruensis, chrysargyrus, fumigatus, keyensis, rubiginosus.

COMMENTS: Does not include sepikensis; see Koopman (1979:5). See comment under neohibernicus .