Aproteles bulmerae

Menzies, 1977

Bulmer's Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Harpyionycterinae
Tribe : Dobsoniini
Genus : Aproteles

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Menzies, J.I. 1977. Fossil and subfossil fruit bats from the mountains of New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 25(2):329-336.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9770329

Original name as described

Aproteles bulmerae

Type material

K-EE-12-31

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

2 km south-east of Chuave Government Station, 1530 m, Chimbu Province, Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004390

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.

Aproteles bulmerae

Menzies, 1977

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

bulmerae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

K-EE-12-31

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

331

Authority publication

Australian Journal of Zoology

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:111, 112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #1933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #1933) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004390) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/1933/209536462) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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