Latidens salimalii

Thonglongya, 1972

Salim Ali's Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thonglongya, K. 1972. A new genus and species of fruit bat from South India (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 69(1):151-158.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48288994

Original name as described

Latidens salimalii

Type material

BNHS 1563

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

High Wavy Mountains, 2,500 ft. (= 762 m), Madurai District, Madras India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004368

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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.

Latidens salimalii

Thonglongya, 1972

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

salimalii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BNHS 1563

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

153

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48288994

Authority publication

Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society

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 #11374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:76) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004368) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11374/22103756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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