Pteropus Brisson, 1762. Regnum Animale Ed. 2, pp. 13, 153.
Vespertilio vampirus niger Kerr, 1792, type species by designation under plenary powers of the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature
Pteropus seychellensis Milne-Edwards, 1878.
Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris sér. 7, 2: 221.
Seychelles Flying Fox