Acerodon celebensis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1867)

Sulawesi Flying Fox

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peters, W.C.H. 1867. Über die Fiederhunde, Pteropi, und insbesondere über die Arten der Gattung Pteropus s. s. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1867:319-333.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510596

Original name as described

Pteropus celebensis

Other common names

Sulawesi Acerodon · Sulawesi Fruit Bat

Type material

ZMB 4012

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

"Celebes [= Sulawesi]," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004442

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.

Pteropus arquatus

(G. S. Miller & Hollister, 1921)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

arquatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:218612

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33ea53bc4-4727-4759-add8-0cdc4d6a8e24

Authority page

100

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3332430

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:36) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)

Pteropus celebensis

(W. C. H. Peters, 1867)

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

celebensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4012

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

333

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36510596

Authority publication

Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Acerodon celebensis

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

celebensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:38) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #137) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2019:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59249)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004442) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/137/220501878) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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