Ptenochirus minor

Yoshiyuki, 1979

Lesser Musky Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Yoshiyuki, M. 1979. A new species of the genus Ptenochirus (Chiroptera, Pteropodidae) from the Philippine Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo (A)5(1):75-81.

Original name as described

Ptenochirus minor

Type material

NMPh (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Baracatan, Mount Talomo, Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004386

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.

Ptenochirus minor

Yoshiyuki, 1979

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minor

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMPh (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

75

Authority publication

Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18654) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:68) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004386) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18654/22071330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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