Balionycteris maculata

(O. Thomas, 1893)

Bornean Spotted-winged Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1893-05-01. On some new Bornean mammalia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)11(65):341-347.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344683

Original name as described

Cynopterus maculatus

Other common names

Spotted-winged Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1893.4.1.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f4057448-63f3-4512-b0bb-523b29e67456

Type locality

"Sarawak," western Borneo, Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia · Malaysia · Brunei

Taxonomy notes

previously included B. seimundi

Taxonomy notes citation

Khan, F. A. A. (2008). Diversification of old world bats in Malaysia: an evolutionary and phylogeography hypothesis tested through the genetic species concept. M.Sc Thesis, Texas Tech University. · Naharuddin, N. M. B. (2013). A Morphological Analysis of Spotted-winged Fruit Bat (pteropodidae: Balionycteris Naculata) in Malaysia (Doctoral dissertation, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak). · Lim, V. C., Ramli, R., Bhassu, S., & Wilson, J. J. (2017). A checklist of the bats of Peninsular Malaysia and progress towards a DNA barcode reference library. PLoS One, 12(7), e0179555.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004360

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.

Cynopterus maculatus

(O. Thomas, 1893)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

maculata

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1893.4.1.24

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f4057448-63f3-4512-b0bb-523b29e67456

Authority page

341

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24344683

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Balionycteris maculata

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

maculata

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 (1982:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004360) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84454322/22030208) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Balionycteris maculata maculata

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

maculata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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