Pteropus griseus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810
(Figs 48; 49; 161; 162)
Pteropus griseus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810: 94 .
COMMON NAME. — Gray Flying-fox.
CURRENT NAME. — Pteropus griseus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810 .
See Simmons (2005: 337) and Giannini (2019: 142).
COLLECTOR/S. — Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, contra Desmarest (1821: 110) and Girard (1856: 94) who mentioned both Péron and Lesueur as its collectors. COLLECTION LOCALITY. — Near Kupang Bay, West-Timor, Indonesia (Rode 1941: 229). COLLECTION DATE. — Between 6 May and 3 June 1803. SPECIMEN NUMBER/S. — MNHN-ZM-MO-1996-2117 (Figs 48; 49), holotype, skin mount and skull .
OTHER NUMBER/S. — Anc. Cat. Gal. 29; Nouv. Cat. Gal. 42.
ILLUSTRATIONS. — Illustrated by Charles-Alexandre Lesueur – Muséum d’Histoire naturelle du Havre, Inv. no. 80038 (Fig. 161; two living animals) and Inv. no. 80039 (Fig. 162; sketch of one animal) (Baglione & Crémière 2009: 102; Altmann 2012: 94, 96).