Aethalops alecto

(O. Thomas, 1923)

Common Pygmy Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Cynopterinae
Tribe : Balionycterini
Genus : Aethalops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1923-01-31. On some small mammals, chiefly bats, from the East Indian Archipelago. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)11(62):250-255.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355497

Original name as described

Aethalodes alecto

Other common names

Pygmy Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/89b212fc-7852-4749-bcf5-4e7dc4009781

Type locality

"Indrapura Peak, Sumatra [Indonesia]. Alt. 7300' [= 2225 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004358

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Aethalodes alecto

(O. Thomas, 1923)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.1.2.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/89b212fc-7852-4749-bcf5-4e7dc4009781

Authority page

251

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355497

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Aethalops alecto ocypete

Boeadi & J. Edwards Hill, 1986

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ocypete

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZB 9233

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

264

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Aethalops alecto boeadii

D. J. Kitchener in D. J. Kitchener, Hisheh, Schmitt, & Maryanto, 1993

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

boeadii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

WAM M33750

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

269

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Aethalops alecto

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #565) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/565/229798079) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Aethalops alecto alecto

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

alecto

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:74) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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