Nyctimene robinsoni

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Queensland 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

Thomas, O. 1904-08-31. New bats and rodents from West Africa, the Malay Peninsula and Papuasia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)14(81):196-202.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255264

Original name as described

Nyctymene Robinsoni

Other common names

Eastern Tube-nosed Bat · Queensland Tube-nosed Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1903.8.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0af512b9-8df3-44c4-8412-96ec07f9aefe

Type locality

"Cooktown, Queensland," Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia · Papua New Guinea

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004425

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.

Nyctymene Robinsoni

(O. Thomas, 1904)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

robinsoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1903.8.3.1

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/0af512b9-8df3-44c4-8412-96ec07f9aefe

Authority page

196

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24255264

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Nyctimene tryoni

H. A. Longman, 1921

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

tryoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

QM J3436

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://collections.qm.qld.gov.au/objects/VE110287/nyctimene-robinsoni

Authority page

179

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12931454

Authority publication

Memoirs of the Queensland Museum

Name usages

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

Nyctimene robinsoni

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

robinsoni

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 (1982:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14966) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004425) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14966/22007008) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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