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Dark flying fox
Order : Chiroptera
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Species : Pteropus subniger
The Dark flying fox, lesser mascarene flying-fox is listed as Extinct (EX), there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the dark flying fox
A dark flying fox group is called a 'flock'.
Facts about the dark flying fox
The small Mauritian flying fox or dark flying fox (Pteropus subniger) is an extinct species of megabat. (Full text)