Cynopterus sphinx

(Vahl, 1797)

Greater 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

Skr. Nat. Selsk Copenhagen, 4, i: 123. Tranquebar, Madras, India. Extralimital synonyms are given by Ellerman & Alorrison-Scott (1951).

Original name as described

Vespertilio sphinx

Other common names

Short-nosed Indian Fruit Bat · Sphinx Fruit Bat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

Tranquebar, Madras, India.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya · Palearctic · Australasia

Country distribution

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

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004379

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 sphinx gangeticus

Andersen, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

gangeticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1910.11.14.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/11ae6543-cfaa-4626-b75a-0d714e89075d

Authority page

623

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619864

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Cynopterus marginatus Var. Elliotii

J. E. Gray, 1871

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

elliotii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:40k

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/222e36b2-40b8-4d21-a009-faa395671f0b

Authority page

122

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Vespertilio sphinx

(Vahl, 1797)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sphinx

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

123

Authority publication

Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet i Kjøbenhavn

Pteropus pusillus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pusillus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Rafinesque (1817:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus marginatus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

marginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

97

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546722

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

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

Cynopterus marginatus var. Pachysoma scherzeri

Zelebor, 1868

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

scherzeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48109787

Authority publication

Vienna

Cynopterus sphinx serasani

Paradiso, 1971

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

serasani

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:104744

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bd28b41e-8f0b-4546-87ff-c4a0c78858fb

Authority page

296

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34563362

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus babi

Lyon, 1916

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

babi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:114269

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33c9e86ab-7e56-4d3e-b50e-3b7f3d418b38

Authority page

438

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7765710

Authority publication

Proceedings of the United States National Museum

Cynopterus pagensis

G. S. Miller, 1906

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pagensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:121581

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3b7c61af3-a46e-4825-aae5-1457d1181414

Authority page

62

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2348086

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Cynopterus angulatus

G. S. Miller, 1898

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

angulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:83569

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33035122b-7890-4f39-a276-6180bb62915c

Authority page

316

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1647810

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Cynopterus marginatus

Lesson, 1827

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

marginatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207583

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:115, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207583) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1842:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  3. Layard (1851:405, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13788005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67277)
  4. Kelaart (1852:156, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59278676) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67270)
  5. Kelaart (1852:28, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52257263) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38608)
  6. Blyth (1853:411, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40267897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67348)
  7. Blyth (1863:22, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534718) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  8. Kelaart (1890:316) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60533)

Cynopterus sphinx

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sphinx

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 (1982:112, 113) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:329) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6106/22113656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cynopterus sphinx angulatus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

angulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Smith & Xie (2008:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus sphinx babi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

babi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

ellioti

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ellioti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

317

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005:317) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Cynopterus sphinx pagensis

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pagensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus sphinx scherzeri

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

scherzeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Cynopterus sphinx sphinx

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sphinx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Vespertilio fibulatus

(Vahl, 1797)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fibulatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

124

Authority publication

Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet i Kjøbenhavn

Name usages

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

Pachysoma brevicaudatum

(Temminck, 1837)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

brevicaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

92

Authority publication

Leiden

Name usages

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

Pachysoma Scherzeri

(Fitzinger, 1861)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

scherzeri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

390

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6438323

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Cynopterus sphynx

Sody, 1933

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sphynx

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

63

Authority publication

Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië

Name usages

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

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