Chironax tumulus

Bergmans & F. G. Rozendaal, 1988

Sulawesi 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

Authority citation

Bergmans, W. and Rozendaal, F.G. 1988. Notes on collections of fruit bats from Sulawesi and some off-lying islands (Mammalia, Megachiroptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen 248(1):1-74.

Authority publication link

https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317853

Original name as described

Chironax melanocephalus tumulus

Other common names

Sulawesian Black-capped Fruit Bat

Type material

ZMA.MAM.22101.a, ZMA.MAM.22101.b

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Sungei Moinakom, Dumoga-Bone National Park, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from C. melanocephalus

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

Not Evaluated

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