Nyctimene cephalotes

(Pallas, 1767)

Pallas's Tube-nosed Fruit Bat

Also as Northern Tube-nosed Bat · Pallas's Tube-nosed Bat · Torresian Tube-nosed Bat.
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Location:Indonesia, South Sulawesi province, Ganung Balease base camp, Kecamatan Sukamaju, Kabupaten Luwu UtaraDate taken:Oct 19, 2010Description : Also as Northern Tube-nosed Bat · Pallas's Tube-nosed Bat · Torresian Tube-nosed Bat.

Distribution :

Indonesia: Sulawesi, Sula Isls; Seram, Boano, Ambon, and Buru Isls (Molucca Isls); extreme S New Guinea and Moa Isl (Australia).

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Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pallas, P.S. 1767. Spicilegia Zoologica. Fasciculus tertius. Gottlieb August Lange, Berlin, 35 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817718

Original name as described

Vespertilio cephalotes

Other common names

Northern Tube-nosed Bat · Pallas's Tube-nosed Bat · Torresian Tube-nosed Bat

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Celeb[es]. atque Amiciss." Restricted by K. Andersen in 1912 to "Celebes; Amboina; Tenimber Is[land].; Timor, " Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004416

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 16 names and synonyms.

Vespertilio cephalotes

(Pallas, 1767)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

10

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817718

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

  1. Müller (1776:19, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51217680) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38532)
  2. Erxleben (1777:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15872949) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36060)
  3. Zimmermann (1783:168) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69242)
  4. Boddaert (1785:70, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230034) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35384)
  5. Gmelin (1788:50, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25751270) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35943)
  6. Kerr (1792:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  7. Wolf (1796:62) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72410)
  8. Shaw (1800:134, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41150815) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37615)
  9. Turton (1802:26, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25772863) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69249)
  10. Treviranus (1802:216, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11026082) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/72409)
  11. Treviranus (1803:182, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11028210) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/41587)

Vespertilio cephalotes melinus

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

melina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664116

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

  1. Kerr (1792:98, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664116) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36283)
  2. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus cephalotes

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1803:49) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19153)
  2. Muirhead (1819:408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69481)

Cephalotes Pallasii

(É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1810)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3546741

Authority publication

Annales du Muséum d'histoire naturelle

Name usages

  1. Ranzani (1820:181, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27807761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69425)
  2. Desmarest (1821:113, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39523877) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34459)
  3. Schinz (1821:157, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51528914) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37604)
  4. Fischer (1829:89) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59856)

Harpyia Pallasii

(Wiedemann, 1817)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14929006

Authority publication

Zoologisches Magazin

Name usages

  1. Wiedemann (1817:140, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14929006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69430)
  2. Gray (1838:504, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40026407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34750)
  3. Blyth (1840:69, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49918229) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67419)
  4. Smith (1842:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67141)
  5. Gray (1844:29, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40020014) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57405)

Harpya Pallasii

(Lesson, 1827)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pallasii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207582

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207582) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Lesson (1836:67 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62814788) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/61467)
  3. Lesson (1842:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Harpyia? Pallassii

(Burnett, 1829)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

pallassii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

269

Authority publication

Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art

Harpyia cephalotes

(A. Murray, 1866)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

345

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Murray (1866:345, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580341) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  2. Gray (1871:121, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9994638) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/21655)
  3. Allen (1895:186, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26894322) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15949)
  4. Trouessart (1897:87, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40404767) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59283)

Uronycteris cephalotes

(J. D. Ogilby, 1892)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

81

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Sydney

Name usages

Ogilby (1892:81, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/938531) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69482)

Cephalotes cephalotes

(T. S. Palmer, 1898)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

cephalotes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

114

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849986

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

Palmer (1898:114, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3849986) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16893)

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