Notopteris neocaledonicus

Trouessart, 1908

New Caledonia Long-tailed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Trouessart, É.L. 1908. _Notopteris macdonaldi neocaledonica_ nov. subsp., Chiroptère nouveau pour la faune de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (1)14:257-259.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43000056

Original name as described

Notopteris macdonaldi neocaledonica

Other common names

New Caledonian Blossom Bat

Type material

MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-258, MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-259, MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-260

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-258 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-259 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-260

Type locality

"la Roche d'Adio, dans la vallée de Nekliaï, près de Poya (Nouvelle-Calédonie) [= Adio Rock, in the Nekliai Valley, near Poya (New Caledonia)]."

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

New Caledonia

Taxonomy notes

has been spelt 'neocaledonica', but the genus Notopteris is considered masculine following Article 30.1.4.5 of the code, and 'neocaledonicus' is used here

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004413

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.

Notopteris macdonaldi neocaledonica

Trouessart, 1908

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

neocaledonicus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-258, MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-259, MNHN-ZM-MO-1908-260

Type kind

syntypes

Type specimen URI

http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-258 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-259 http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/zm/mo-1908-260

Authority page

257

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43000056

Authority publication

Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

Koopman (1994:39) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)

Notopteris neocaledonica

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

neocaledonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Notopteris neocaledonicus

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

neocaledonicus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

125

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004413) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136519/21982137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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