Nyctimene albiventris

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Common Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gray, J.E. 1863-04. Description of some new species of Mammalia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862(3):261-263.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577306

Original name as described

Cynopterus (Uronycteris) albiventer

Other common names

Common Tube-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1862.10.21.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a5671ae8-28db-4841-a87f-9fd5f037e915

Type locality

"Morty [= Morotai] Island," Moluccas, Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia · Papua New Guinea

Taxonomy notes

includes the name minutus as a synonym (name for that species changed to N. varius)

Taxonomy notes citation

Wilson, D. E. & Mittermeier, R. A.Handbook of the Mammals of the World. 9. Bats. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004415

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.

Cynopterus (Uronycteris) albiventer

(J. E. Gray, 1863)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

albiventris

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1862.10.21.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a5671ae8-28db-4841-a87f-9fd5f037e915

Authority page

262

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31577306

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Nyctimene papuanus

Andersen, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

papuana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.3.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b119c311-5efc-4170-b996-14e73cdd907f

Authority page

621

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619862

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Nyctimene minutus

Andersen, 1910

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minuta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.1.271

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/8e864c01-cd00-46a0-993e-f38efb84ecc1

Authority page

622

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18619863

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 (1982:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14960) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

Nyctimene albiventer

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

albiventer

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

42

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:42) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14962) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14962/209535483) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nyctimene albiventer albiventer

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

albiventer

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 (2019:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Nyctimene minutus minutus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

minutus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Nyctimene albiventer papuanus

Simmons, 2005

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

papuanus

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 (2019:118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)

Nyctimene albiventris

Mammal Diversity Database, 2024

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

albiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page URI

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004415

Name usages

Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004415) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Gelasinus albiventris

(Matschie, 1901)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

albiventris

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

271

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25232506

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft

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