Pteralopex anceps

Andersen, 1909

Bougainville 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 : Pteralopex

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Andersen, K.C. 1909-03-01. Two new bats from the Solomon Islands. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)3(15):266-270.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071635

Original name as described

Pteralopex anceps

Other common names

Bougainville Monkey-faced Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.11.16.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/263f7b25-f72c-4836-804e-e06e7121b604

Type locality

"Bougainville [Island], W. Solomon Islands [= North Solomons]," Papua New Guinea.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Papua New Guinea · Solomon Islands

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004437

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 anceps

Andersen, 1909

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

anceps

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.11.16.7

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/263f7b25-f72c-4836-804e-e06e7121b604

Authority page

266

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071635

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of 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. Corbet & Hill (1991:43) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Koopman (1993:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/69007)
  5. Koopman (1994:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/58061)
  6. Helgen (2005:445) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/1946)
  7. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #18656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #18656) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004437) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  12. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/18656/22071126) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Pteralopex atrata anceps

Laurie & J. Edwards Hill, 1954

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

anceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635626

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Laurie & Hill (1954:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)

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