Syconycteris carolinae

F. G. Rozendaal, 1984

Halmaheran Blossom Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Rozendaal, F.G. 1984. Notes on macroglossine bats from Sulawesi and the Moluccas, Indonesia, with the description of a new species of Syconycteris Matschie, 1899 from Halmahera (Mammalia: Megachiroptera). Zoologische Mededelingen 58(13):187-212.

Original name as described

Syconycteris carolinae

Other common names

Halmahera Blossom Bat · North Moluccan Blossom Bat

Type material

RMNH.MAM.32246.a, RMNH.MAM.32246.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32246.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32246.b

Type locality

"beside a stream running through undisturbed primary forest at the southern base of Gunung (= Mount) Gamkunora, east of Baru and north of Tosoa, 1° 20' N 127° 31' E, northwest Halmahera [Island, Molucca Islands], Indonesia, altitude c. 180 m."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004410

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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.

Syconycteris carolinae

F. G. Rozendaal, 1984

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

carolinae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.32246.a, RMNH.MAM.32246.b

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32246.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.32246.b

Authority page

200

Authority publication

Zoologische Mededelingen

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1991:48) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  2. Koopman (1993:155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  3. Koopman (1994:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  4. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21184/22125551) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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