Eidolon dupreanum

(Pollen in Schlegel, 1867)

Madagascan Straw-colored Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Eidolinae
Genus : Eidolon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Schlegel, H. 1867-04. A communication was read from Dr. H. Schlegel, F.M.Z.S., containing the following list of the most remarkable species of Mammals and Birds collected by Messrs. Fr. Pollen and D. C. van Dam in Madagascar, and about to be described in a work entitled 'Recherches sur la Faune de Madagascar et de ses dépendances, par MM. H. Schlegel et Fr. Pollen'. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(3):419-426.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627911

Original name as described

Pteropus dupréanus

Other common names

Madagascar Straw Colored Fruit Bat · Malagasy Straw-colored Fruit Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.37230.a, RMNH.MAM.37230.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.37230.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.37230.b

Type locality

type locality not given. Restricted by W. Bergmans in 1991 to "Madagascar."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Madagascar

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004388

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.

Pteropus dupréanus

(Pollen in Schlegel, 1867)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

dupreanum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.37230.a, RMNH.MAM.37230.b

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.37230.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.37230.b

Authority page

419

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28627911

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Eidolon dupreanum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

dupreanum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7083) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004388) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7083/22027891) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eidolon duprenum

Gunnell, Simmons, & Seiffert, 2014

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

duprenum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

3

Authority publication

PLoS ONE

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