Thoopterus nigrescens

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Common Swift Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1871-01-14. Catalogue of monkeys, lemurs, and fruit-eating bats in the collection of the British Museum. Printed by Order of the Trustees, British Museum Catalogue, 137 pp.

Original name as described

Cynopterus marginatus var. nigrescens

Other common names

Swift Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1862.10.21.6

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Morty [= Morotai] Island," Molucca Islands, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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