Chironax melanocephalus

(Temminck, 1825)

Sundaic Black-capped Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1825. Livraison 5. Pp. 157–204 in Temminck, C.J. 1827. Monographies de Mammalogie. G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne, Paris, 268 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681336

Original name as described

Pteropus melanocephalus

Other common names

Black-capped Fruit Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.35728

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35728

Type locality

"L'île de Java." Restricted by W. Bergmans and F. G. Rozendaal in 1988 to Gunung Karang, Bantam, west Java, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

Taxonomy notes

previously included C. tumulus

Taxonomy notes citation

Bergmans, W. (2011). An annotated list of mammal type specimens in the collections of the former Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam (1890-2010). Zoologische Mededelingen, 85, 835.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004362

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.

Chironax melanocephalus dyasae

Maharadatunkamsi, 2012

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

dyasae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MZB 14777

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

57

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus melanocephalus

(Temminck, 1825)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

melanocephalus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.35728

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.35728

Authority page

190

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681336

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1827:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)

Pachysoma melanocephalum

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

melanocephalum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Chironax melanocephalus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

melanocephalus

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 #4670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4670) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004362) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4670/22037874) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chironax melanocephalus melanocephalus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

melanocephalus

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 (2019:77) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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