Mirimiri acrodonta

(J. Edwards Hill & Beckon, 1978)

Fijian Monkey-faced Fruit Bat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Chiroptera
Suborder : Pteropodiformes
Superfamily : Pteropodoidea
Family : Pteropodidae
Subfamily : Pteropodinae
Tribe : Pteralopini
Genus : Mirimiri

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Hill, J.E. and Beckon, W.N. 1978. A new species of Pteralopex Thomas, 1888 (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from the Fiji Islands. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Zoology)34(2):65-82.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2261838

Original name as described

Pteralopex acrodonta

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1977.3097

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5a8d8ccd-6bde-4da6-b9bc-97d8d4611302 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ae8f96d3-f038-4644-bbdb-ccf255889bac

Type locality

"about 300 m NE of the Des Voeux Peak Radio Telephone Antenna Tower, Taveuni Island, Fiji Islands, 16° 50½' S, 179° 58' W, c. 3840 ft (1170 m)."

Biogeographic realm

Oceania (Biorealm)

Country distribution

Fiji

Taxonomy notes

moved from Pteralopex to the recently described Mirimiri

Taxonomy notes citation

Helgen, K. M. (2005). Systematics of the Pacific monkey‐faced bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae), with a new species of Pteralopex and a new Fijian genus. Systematics and Biodiversity, 3(4), 433-453.

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004436

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.

Pteralopex acrodonta

(J. Edwards Hill & Beckon, 1978)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

acrodonta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1977.3097

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/5a8d8ccd-6bde-4da6-b9bc-97d8d4611302 https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ae8f96d3-f038-4644-bbdb-ccf255889bac

Authority page

68

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2261838

Authority publication

Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History)

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Mirimiri acrodonta

D. E. Wilson & Mittermeier, 2019

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

acrodonta

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

126

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18655) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004436) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18655/22071017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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