Megaerops ecaudatus

(Temminck, 1837)

Temminck's Tailless 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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Temminck, C.J. 1837. Livraison 2. Pp. 49–140 in Temminck, C.J. 1835-1841. Monographies de Mammalogie. Tome second. C. C. van der Hoek, Leiden, 392 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/monographiedema00temmgoog

Original name as described

Pachysoma ecaudatum

Other common names

Sunda Tailless Fruit Bat · Temminck's Fruit Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.38025.a, RMNH.MAM.38025.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38025.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38025.b

Type locality

Padang, western Sumatra, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India? · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004382

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.

Pachysoma ecaudatum

(Temminck, 1837)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.38025.a, RMNH.MAM.38025.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38025.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38025.b

Authority page

94

Authority publication

Leiden

Megera ecaudata

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

15

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Pteropus ecaudatus

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)

Megæra ecaudata

(J. E. Gray, 1871)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

124

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994641

Authority publication

British Museum Catalogue

Name usages

Gray (1871:124, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994641) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)

Cynopterus ecaudatus

(de Seabra, 1898)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

170

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3416558

Authority publication

Jornal de sciencias mathematicas, physicas e naturaes

Name usages

Seabra (1898:170, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3416558) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68459)

Megaerops ecaudatus

D. D. Davis, 1962

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

ecaudatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Bulletin of Raffles Museum

Name usages

  1. Davis (1962:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16694)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1991:46) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  5. Koopman (1993:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  6. Koopman (1994:34) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:63) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004382) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12946/22023972) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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