Megaerops albicollis

C. M. Francis, 1989

White-collared Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Francis, C.M. 1989-12-01. Notes on fruit bats (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) from Malaysia and Brunei, with the description of a new subspecies of _Megaerops wetmorei_ Taylor, 1934. Canadian Journal of Zoology 67(12):2878-2882.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1139/z89-408

Original name as described

Megaerops wetmorei albicollis

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1988.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85e695ff-bcf0-4984-bf1e-b1e501ae0137 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/92fa4ed8-53b8-4d2b-830a-5aafe84ea133

Type locality

"Pasoh Forest Reserve, peninsular Malaysia, 2°58'N, 102°17'E," Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Malaysia · Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

split from Ptenochirus wetmorei (which was previously in Megaerops)

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson, D. E. & Mittermeier, R. A.Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. · Almeida, F. C., Simmons, N. B., & Giannini, N. P. (2020). A Species-level Phylogeny of Old World Fruit Bats with a New Higher-level Classification of the Family Pteropodidae. American Museum Novitates, 2020(3950), 1-24.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004381

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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.

Megaerops wetmorei albicollis

C. M. Francis, 1989

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

albicollis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1988.45

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/85e695ff-bcf0-4984-bf1e-b1e501ae0137 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/92fa4ed8-53b8-4d2b-830a-5aafe84ea133

Authority page

2878

Authority publication

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

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

Megaerops albicollis

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

albicollis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

64

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:64) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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