Macroglossus sobrinus

Andersen, 1911

Greater Long-tongued Blossom Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Macroglossusinae
Genus : Macroglossus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. 1911-06-01. Six new fruit-bats of the genera Macroglossus and Syconycteris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)7(42):641-643.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098603

Original name as described

Macroglossus minimus sobrinus

Other common names

Greater Long-nosed Blossom Bat · Greater Long-nosed Fruit Bat · Greater Long-tongued Fruit Bat · Greater Nectar Bat · Hill Long-tongued Blossom Bat · Hill Long-tongued Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.11.29.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dedff2e7-16cb-4a6d-b61c-4d07b91e10ef

Type locality

"Gunong Igari [= Mount Igari], Perak," Malaysia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

India · China · Vietnam · Myanmar · Laos · Cambodia · Thailand · Malaysia · Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004407

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.

Macroglossus minimus sobrinus

Andersen, 1911

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sobrinus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.11.29.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/dedff2e7-16cb-4a6d-b61c-4d07b91e10ef

Authority page

642

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22098603

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Macroglossus minimus fraternus

Chasen & Kloss, 1928

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fraternus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1947.1429 (= ZRC RM 2342)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eb7c6b49-4273-4b02-bd57-96709b854ab5

Authority page

836

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Macroglossus sobrinus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sobrinus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

43

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:116, 117) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Smith & Xie (2008:330) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64149)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12595/22027530) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Macroglossus sobrinus fraternus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

fraternus

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 (2019:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Macroglossus sobrinus sobrinus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

sobrinus

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 (2019:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

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