Eidolon helvum

(Kerr, 1792)

African 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

Kerr, R. 1792. The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan, T. Cadell, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 462 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663997 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664109

Original name as described

Vespertilio Vampyrus helvus

Other common names

Pale Xantharpy · Straw-colored Flying Fox · Straw-colored Fruit Bat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

type locality not given. Fixed by K. Andersen in 1907 to "Senegal."

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Saudi Arabia · Yemen · Senegal · Gambia · Guinea-Bissau · Guinea · Sierra Leone · Liberia · Mali · Cote d'Ivoire · Burkina Faso · Ghana · Togo · Benin · Niger · Nigeria · Cameroon · Chad · Equatorial Guinea · São Tomé and Príncipe · Central African Republic · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Sudan · South Sudan · Ethiopia · Eritrea? · Djibouti? · Uganda · Kenya · Rwanda · Burundi · Tanzania · Angola · Zambia · Malawi · Mozambique · Zimbabwe · Botswana · Namibia · South Africa · Lesotho · Eswatini

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004389

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 mollipilosus

(H. Allen, 1861)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

mollipilosum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ANSP 1232/3224

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

159

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1683288

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia

Name usages

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

Pterocyon sabaeus

(Andersen, 1907)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sabaeum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.11.6.3

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/42c6f2c0-b1de-4fcd-84a1-98378aa6f65e

Authority page

505

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24254965

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Eidolon helvum annobonensis

Juste, Ibáñez, & Machordom, 2000

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

annobonense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBD 17603

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

373

Authority publication

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Name usages

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

Vespertilio Vampyrus helvus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

helvum

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

lost (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

xvii, 91

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38663997 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664109

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Pteropus stramineus

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

stramineum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN (number not known)

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

48

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Fischer (1814:xix, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29130080) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12226)
  2. Rafinesque (1817:361) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35234)
  3. Lesson (1827:112, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207580) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  4. Lesson (1842:14) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  5. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Leiponyx büttikoferi

(Jentink, 1881)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

buettikoferi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.27269.a, RMNH.MAM.27269.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27269.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.27269.b

Authority page

59

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9642742

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

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

Pteropus palmarum

(von Heuglin, 1865)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

palmarum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

untraced (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Authority page

34

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45504153

Authority publication

Leopoldina

Name usages

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

Xantharpyia straminea

(Matschie, 1895)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

straminea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

17

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835391

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Matschie (1895:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14835391) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67260)
  2. Thomas (1898:927, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30988166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35378)

Eidolon helvum

A. Roberts, 1913

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

helvum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439523

Authority publication

Annals of the Transvaal Museum

Name usages

  1. Roberts (1913:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50439523) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17656)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Happold & Happold (2013:232) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #7084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #7084) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004389) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7084/22028026) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Eidolon helvum helvum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

helvum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Eidolon helvum sabaeum

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sabaeum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Eidolon helvum annobonense

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

annobonense

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

115

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Pteropus flavus?

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

flavus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

90, 98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080946 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080954

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Pterocyon paleaceus

(W. C. H. Peters, 1861)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

paleaceum

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

423

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36281898

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

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

Xantharpyia leucomelas

(Fitzinger in von Heuglin & Fitzinger, 1866)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

leucomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

544

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6447055

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

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

Xantharpyia leucomelas

(Fitzinger, 1869)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

leucomelas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

461

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34801595

Authority publication

Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Pterocyon palaeceus

(Ellerman, Morrison-Scott, & Hayman, 1953)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

palaeceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

44

Authority publication

London

Pterocyon palaceus

(Koopman, 1975)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

palaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

357

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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