Black-bearded flying fox instance of taxon
Taxonomy and etymology
It was described in 1867 by German naturalist Wilhelm Peters based on an individual in the collection of Hermann Schlegel.
Its species name comes from the Neo-Latin melanin, which is derived from Ancient Greek "mélas", meaning "black", and Ancient Greek pṓgōn, meaning "beard".
As the genus Pteropus is speciose, it is divided into closely related species groups. The black-bearded flying fox is identifier of the melanopogon species group, which also includes the following species:
Aru flying fox (Pteropus aruensis)
Kei flying fox (Pteropus keyensis)
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