Syconycteris australis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1867)

Southern Blossom Bat

Also as Common Blossom Bat, Eastern Blossom Bat.
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Location:Australia, QLD, Daintree National Park, Cape TribulationDate taken:UnknownDescription : Also as Common Blossom Bat, Eastern Blossom Bat.

Distribution :

E Queensland and New South Wales (Australia); New Guinea, Aru Isl, Trobriand Isls, D'Entrecasteaux Isls, Kai Isls, Ambon, Seram, Haruku, and Boano Isls. (Indonesia), Bismarck Arch., including Manus (Papua New Guinea).

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 4120

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Herpetologische notizen. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:13-37.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510306

Original name as described

Macroglossus minimus var. australis

Other common names

Common Blossom Bat · Eastern Blossom Bat

Type material

ZMB 3292

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea · Australia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004409

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.

Total: 25 names and synonyms.

Macroglossus minimus var. australis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1867)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 3292

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

13 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510306

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Macroglossus australis

(J. D. Ogilby, 1892)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938531

Authority publication

Sydney

Name usages

  1. Ogilby (1892:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)
  2. Trouessart (1897:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)

Carponycteris crassa

(O. Thomas, 1895)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

crassa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1895.5.8.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/6ffdeb1d-e558-4f19-ac6b-7a5e511cf6ed

Authority page

163

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3859438

Authority publication

Novitates Zoologicae

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:233) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Macroglossus crassus

(Trouessart, 1897)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

crassa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

90

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404770

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1897:90, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404770) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)

Carponycteris australis

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

australis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

385

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427506

Authority publication

Transactions of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1898:385, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427506) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14017)
  2. Trouessart (1904:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Macroglossus finschi

(Matschie, 1899)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

finschi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 6270

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099198

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Macroglossus papuanus

(Matschie, 1899)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

papuana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4699

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33099197

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Jackson & Groves (2015:234) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Carponycteris papuanus

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

papuana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

65

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422894

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:65, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422894) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Carponycteris finschi

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

finschi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422895

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

Carponycteris crassus

(Trouessart, 1904)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

crassa

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422895

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1904:66, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53422895) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)

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