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 gilliardi Van Deusen, 1969.
Am. Mus. Novitates 2371: 5.
Gilliard's Flying Fox