Dyacopterus spadiceus

(O. Thomas, 1890)

Common 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. 1890-03-01. Diagnosis of a new Cynopterus from Borneo. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)5(27):235-236.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523837

Original name as described

Cynopterus spadiceus

Other common names

Dayak Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1890.1.28.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9f358bc7-98e9-4889-9cac-9d0ef90e2c8b

Type locality

"Baram [Sarawak], N.W. Borneo," Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004366

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.

Cynopterus spadiceus

(O. Thomas, 1890)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

spadiceus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1890.1.28.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9f358bc7-98e9-4889-9cac-9d0ef90e2c8b

Authority page

235

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27523837

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Dyacopterus spadiceus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

spadiceus

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 (1982:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6931) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:71) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004366) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6931/22029918) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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