Aldabra flying fox Aldabra flying fox The Aldabra flying fox ("Pteropus aldabrensis") is a species of megabat in the genus Pteropus. It is endemic to the Aldabra Atoll in the Seychelles, like Chaerephon pusilla, though the latter may be the same species as the little free-tailed bat. The bat was given its scientific name by Frederick W. True, an American biologist and curator at the United States National Museum (now part of the Smithsonian Institution) in an 1893 publication. True based his description of the species on two specimens collected in 1892 by William Louis Abbott, an American doctor and naturalist. Like other
Rennell flying fox Rennell flying fox The Rennell flying fox ("Pteropus rennelli") is a species of flying fox found in the Solomon Islands. It is an endangered species risking extinction. It was described as a new species in 1929 by Australian mammalogist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton. As the genus "Pteropus" is speciose, it is divided into closely related species groups. The Rennell flying fox is in the ""samoensis"" species group. Its species name ""rennelli"" comes from Rennell Island, which is part of the Solomon Islands. Rennell Island was where the holotype was collected, and remains the only known location of this species. In