Pteropus rayneri Gray, 1870. Cat. Monkeys, Lemurs, and Fruit-eating Bats Br. Mus., p. 108. TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis., Guadalcanal Isl. DISTRIBUTION: Solomon Isis. COMMENT: Includes cognatus; see Hill, 1962, in Wolff, The Nat. Hist, of Rennel Isl. and Brit. Solomon Isis., 4:9. Corbet and Hill, 1980:36, listed cognatus as a distinct species without comment. ISIS NUMBER: 5301405001024037001 as P. rayneri. 5301405001024010001 as P. cognatus.

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Chiroptera, pp. 111-215 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 124, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352990

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