Harpyionycteris whiteheadi

O. Thomas, 1896

Philippine Harpy Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1896-09-01. On mammals from Celebes, Borneo, and the Philippines recently received at the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(105):241-250.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628431

Original name as described

Harpyionycteris Whiteheadi

Other common names

Harpy Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.5.2.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/216fdbe7-f976-4b24-9324-551d75aa0ceb

Type locality

"Mindoro [Island], Philippines, alt. 5000 feet [= 1524 m]."

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Philippines

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004406

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.

Harpyionycteris Whiteheadi

O. Thomas, 1896

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

whiteheadi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.5.2.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/216fdbe7-f976-4b24-9324-551d75aa0ceb

Authority page

244

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15628431

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004406) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9740/22045044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Harpyionycteris whiteheadi negrosensis

R. L. Peterson & Fenton, 1970

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

negrosensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ROM:MAM:46149

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-46149

Authority page

12

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39984939

Authority publication

Royal Ontario Museum, Life Sciences Occasional Papers

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Harpyionycteris whiteheadi whiteheadi

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

whiteheadi

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 (2019:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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