Cynopterus brachyotis

(S. Müller, 1838)

Lesser Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Müller, S. 1838. Over eenige nieuwe zoogdieren van Borneo. Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie 5(1-2):134-150.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474930

Original name as described

Pachysoma brachyotis

Other common names

Common Short-nosed Fruit Bat · Lesser Dog-faced Fruit Bat · Sunda Short-nosed Fruit Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.38066.a, RMNH.MAM.38066.b, RMNH.MAM.38067.a, RMNH.MAM.38067.b, RMNH.MAM.38068, RMNH.MAM.38069, RMNH.MAM.38091, RMNH.MAM.38092, RMNH.MAM.38093, RMNH.MAM.38094

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38066.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38066.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38067.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38067.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38068 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38069 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38091 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38092 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38093 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38094

Type locality

Dewei (= Dewai) River, Borneo.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic

Country distribution

Sri Lanka · India · Bhutan · Bangladesh · Myanmar · China · Vietnam · Laos · Cambodia · Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore · Andaman and Nicobar Islands · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004374

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

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.

Pachysoma Duvaucelii

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1828)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

duvaucelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pachysoma brevicaudatum

(I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1828)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brevicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

705

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24382140

Authority publication

Dictionnaire Classique d'Histoire Naturelle

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1831:94) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67807)
  2. Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus brevicaudatus

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brevicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

87

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Pteropus Duvaucelii

(J. B. Fischer, 1829)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

duvaucelii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

87

Authority publication

Stuttgart

Name usages

Fischer (1829:87) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Cynopterus brevicaudatus

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brevicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

503

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026406

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

  1. Gray (1838:503, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  2. Peters (1868:626, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35990148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67624)

Cynopterus Duvaucellii

J. E. Gray, 1838

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

duvaucellii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

504

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026407

Authority publication

Magazine of Zoology and Botany

Name usages

Gray (1838:504, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)

Pachysoma brachyotis

(S. Müller, 1838)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.38066.a, RMNH.MAM.38066.b, RMNH.MAM.38067.a, RMNH.MAM.38067.b, RMNH.MAM.38068, RMNH.MAM.38069, RMNH.MAM.38091, RMNH.MAM.38092, RMNH.MAM.38093, RMNH.MAM.38094

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38066.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38066.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38067.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38067.b https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38068 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38069 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38091 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38092 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38093 https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38094

Authority page

146

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13474930

Authority publication

Tijdschrift voor Natuurlijke Geschiedenis en Physiologie

Pachysoma brachyotum

(Temminck, 1841)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brachyotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

unjustified_emendation

Authority page

362

Authority publication

Leiden

Pachysoma titthæcheilum

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1843)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

titthaecheilum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

67

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680045

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cynonycteris Grandidieri

(W. C. H. Peters, 1869)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

grandidieri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1864-436

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1864-436

Authority page

394

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36276607

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Seabra (1898:159, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3416519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68458)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cynopterus brachysoma

Dobson, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brachysoma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 15637

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

260

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35631124

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Cynopterus marginatus Var. ceylonensis

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ceylonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1858.10.19.12

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/05132dba-8aed-4e36-8556-28bf188ede85

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994639

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Thomas (1918:370, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5454140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/32316)

Cynopterus marginatus var. andamanensis

Dobson, 1873

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

andamanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.4.4.1, BMNH:Mamm:1909.4.4.2, ZSI 15639, ZSI 15640, ZSI 15641, ZSI 15642, ZSI 153638

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/07a1e766-bdf4-4db0-911b-b18c52360e84 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c285e880-08fb-4a93-aede-46e3fca92d15

Authority page

201

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35546102

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cynopterus montanoi

Robin, 1881

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

montanoi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1879-1818

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31660696

Authority publication

Bulletin de la Société philomathique de Paris

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cynopterus brachyotis insularum

Andersen, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

insularum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.4.6.11

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5709fcd9-4d2e-4d4e-bc3b-b3a1335a8b90

Authority page

624

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619865

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1911:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
  2. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus brachyotis javanicus

Andersen, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

javanicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1909.1.5.71

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ae09fb5f-1944-485b-b783-39dce63566da

Authority page

624

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619865

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus brachyotis

Lyon, 1911

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845289

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1911:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1916:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
  3. Robinson & Kloss (1916:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19063676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67567)
  4. Mell (1922:12, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13203409) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68705)
  5. Phillips (1929:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  6. Lawrence (1939:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2775576) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17817)
  7. Sanborn (1952:97, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785491) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
  8. Sanborn (1952:2) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35497)
  9. Laurie & Hill (1954:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  10. Davis (1962:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  11. Corbet & Hill (1980:40) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  12. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  13. Corbet & Hill (1991:45) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  14. Koopman (1993:139) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  15. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  16. Bates & Harrison (1997:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27903)
  17. Esselstyn, Widmann & Heaney (2004:280, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515733) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5880)
  18. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  19. Smith & Xie (2008:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  20. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  21. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  22. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  23. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004374) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  24. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6103/22113381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cynopterus brachyotis brachyotis

Lyon, 1911

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brachyotis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

127

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845289

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Name usages

  1. Lyon (1911:127, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15845289) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15501)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1916:9, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41891597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67559)
  3. Laurie & Hill (1954:43, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635623) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  4. Davis (1962:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  5. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus minor

Revilliod, 1911

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

NMB 1734

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

517

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9742882

Authority publication

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cynopterus brachyotus

W. W. A. Phillips, 1924

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brachyotus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

Phillips (1924:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67766)

Cynopterus brachyotus ceylonensis

W. W. A. Phillips, 1924

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ceylonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

13

Authority publication

Spolia Zeylanica

Name usages

Phillips (1924:13) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67766)

Cynopterus brachyotis ceylonensis

W. W. A. Phillips, 1929

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ceylonensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Ceylon Journal of Science

Name usages

  1. Phillips (1929:124) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68575)
  2. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus brachyotis concolor

Sody, 1940

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.9850.a, RMNH.MAM.9850.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9850.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.9850.b

Authority page

393

Authority publication

Treubia

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus brachyotis hoffeti

Bourret, 1944

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

hoffeti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1948-354

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1948-354

Authority page

4

Authority publication

Notes Trav. Ecole Sup. Sci. Hanoi

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus brachyotis altitudinis

J. Edwards Hill, 1961

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

altitudinis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1960.702

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6046b735-be4f-4e78-be12-4a63cc54f325

Authority page

631

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

C. b. brachysoma

Koopman, 1994

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brachysoma

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

32

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Koopman (1994:32) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:65) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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