| Small Mauritian flying fox | |
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| Specimen in Museum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Chiroptera |
| Family: | Pteropodidae |
| Genus: | Pteropus |
| Species: | †P. subniger
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pteropus subniger Kerr, 1792
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| Former range (in red) | |
The small Mauritian flying fox or dark flying fox (Pteropus subniger), known as a rougette to early French travelers, is an extinct species of megabat. It lived on the islands of Réunion and Mauritius in the Mascarene Islands of the Indian Ocean.
The junior synonym Pteropus rubricollis was widely used for flying foxes in general in the 19th century, which has caused some confusion.[2]
- ^ Mickleburgh, S.; Hutson, A.M.; Bergmans, W.; Howell, K. (2020). "Pteropus subniger". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T18761A22088168. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T18761A22088168.en. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
- ^ Helgen, Kristofer M.; Helgen, Lauren E.; Wilson, Don E. (2009). "Pacific Flying Foxes (Mammalia: Chiroptera): Two New Species of Pteropus from Samoa, Probably Extinct". American Museum Novitates (3646): 1–37. doi:10.1206/614.1.