Dobsonia viridis

(Heude, 1897)

Greenish Naked-backed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Heude, P.M. 1897. Études odontologiques. Seconde partie. Mammifères carnassiers. Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois 3(4):157-188.

Original name as described

Cephalotes viridis

Type locality

Kai Islands, Maluku Islands, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004403

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.

Cephalotes viridis

(Heude, 1897)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

viridis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

176

Authority publication

Mémoires concernant l'histoire naturelle de l'empire chinois

Dobsonia viridis umbrosa

O. Thomas, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

umbrosa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.259

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/667064fc-6aab-477c-b564-ffa45e413890

Authority page

384

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/63236791

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Dobsonia viridis

Sanborn, 1952

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

viridis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785493

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Sanborn (1952:99, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2785493) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15029)
  2. Laurie & Hill (1954:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:114) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Corbet & Hill (1991:44) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  6. Koopman (1993:140) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  7. Koopman (1994:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  8. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #6780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #6780) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  11. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  13. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/6780/22033412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Dobsonia viridis viridis

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

viridis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635625

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:41, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635625) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Koopman (1994:29) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

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