Balionycteris seimundi

Kloss, 1921

Malayan 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

Authority citation

Kloss, C.B. 1921. Seven new Malaysian mammals. Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums 10:229-234.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19064272

Original name as described

Balionycteris maculata seimundi

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1926.10.19.2 (= FMSM 1/21), FMSM 2/21

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a699cdf-f9a3-4912-92d4-3c5fe0b57100

Type locality

"junction of the Tahan and Teku Rivers at the foot of Gunong Tahan, Pahang," Peninsular Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from B. maculata

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/1004361

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.

Balionycteris maculata seimundi

Kloss, 1921

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

seimundi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.10.19.2 (= FMSM 1/21), FMSM 2/21

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1a699cdf-f9a3-4912-92d4-3c5fe0b57100

Authority page

229

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19064272

Authority publication

Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums

Name usages

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

Balionycteris seimundi

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

seimundi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

73

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:73) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/84454980/84454984) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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