Dyacopterus brooksi

O. Thomas, 1920

Brooks's Dayak Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1920-03-01. Two new Asiatic bats of the genera Tadarida and Dyacopterus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)5(27):283-285.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637053

Original name as described

Dyacopterus brooksi

Other common names

Brooks's Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1920.1.15.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/25288f10-d71e-4d24-8933-57903a50ace6

Type locality

"Lebong Tandai, Upper Ketaun River, about 100 miles [= 161 km] north of Bencoolen, Sumatra."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004364

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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.

Dyacopterus brooksi

O. Thomas, 1920

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brooksi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1920.1.15.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/25288f10-d71e-4d24-8933-57903a50ace6

Authority page

284

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637053

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136356) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004364) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136356/22011865) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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