Boneia bidens

Jentink, 1879

Manado Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Jentink, F.A. 1879. On a new genus and species of bat from Celebes. Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden 1:117-119.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630996

Original name as described

Boneia bidens

Other common names

Manado Rousette

Type material

RMNH.MAM.38015.a, RMNH.MAM.38015.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38015.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38015.b

Type locality

"Celebes [= Sulawesi, Indonesia], Boné [= near Gerontalo]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

Taxonomy notes

moved to Boneia from Rousettus in many recent taxonomies, summarized in the given publication

Taxonomy notes citation

Almeida, F. C., Giannini, N. P., & Simmons, N. B. (2016). The evolutionary history of the African fruit bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Acta Chiropterologica, 18(1), 73-108.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004404

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.

Boneia bidens

Jentink, 1879

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.38015.a, RMNH.MAM.38015.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38015.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.38015.b

Authority page

117

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9630996

Authority publication

Notes from the Royal Zoological Museum of the Netherlands at Leyden

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:32, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635634) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Koopman (1993:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000060) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004404) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19749/22002714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Boneia menadensis

O. Thomas, 1896

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

menadensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.1.2.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b96d91a5-ab25-4024-9163-8ccb5feb68da

Authority page

242

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628429

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Rousettus bidens

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

bidens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

41

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:41) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

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