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/monographiedema00temmgoogOriginal 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.bType locality
Padang, western Sumatra, Indonesia.
Biogeographic realm
Indomalaya
Country distribution
India? · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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