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Requested move 21 February 2019

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The result of the move request was: moved as requested per the discussion below. Dekimasuよ! 17:42, 28 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Dusky flying fox → Pteropus brunneus – The accepted and most common name for this skull and skin, currently residing in a drawer at BMNH. The coded designation in their catalogue is too technical, the variety of common names incidentally applied to the name are ambiguous, misleading, or outright wrong. All article criteria and deference to policy suggests this the only title, as with other possibly or actually extinct taxa. Also not a dusky fruit bat (Penthetor lucasi), fruit bat and flying fox being somewhat synonymous. cygnis insignis 12:24, 21 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Support' multiple vernacular names. While "dusky flying fox" is somewhat more commonly used than "Percy Island flying fox", the scientific name is far more commonly used than either vernacular name. Both vernacular names were invented by scientists; this is an extinct species known from a single specimens; nobody is communicating about this animal using a vernacular name. Plantdrew (talk) 18:03, 25 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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@Enwebb:, hey! At random, can you see obvious way that I might expand this article? ~ cygnis insignis 15:20, 20 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Cygnis insignis, yeah, it's a tough article since there's just the holotype. I think it looks reasonably complete as is, considering how little we know about it. Enwebb (talk) 14:26, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Enwebb:, thanks for having a look, I'm a shocker for overlooking the obvi and a second pair of eyes is appreciated. It is interesting to me for that reason, a single specimen, a bit macabre when I think about it. ~ cygnis insignis 14:55, 22 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]