Dyacopterus rickarti

K. M. Helgen, Kock, Gomez, & Ingle in K. M. Helgen, Kock, Gomez, Ingle, & M. H. Sinaga, 2007

Philippine Large-headed 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

Authority citation

Helgen, K.M., Kock, D., Gomez, R.K.S.C., Ingle, N.R. and Sinaga, M.H. 2007-04-20. Taxonomy and natural history of the Southeast Asian fruit-bat genus Dyacopterus. Journal of Mammalogy 88(2):302-318.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/06-MAMM-A-276R.1

Original name as described

Dyacopterus rickarti

Other common names

Rickart's Dayak Fruit Bat

Type material

SMF:MAMM:33333

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"San Isidro (17°27'N, 120°37'E), Luzon (Abra Province), Philippines."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K. M., Kock, D., Gomez, R. K. S. C., Ingle, N. R., & Sinaga, M. H. (2007). Taxonomy and natural history of the Southeast Asian fruit-bat genus Dyacopterus. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(2), 302-318.

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

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