Acerodon humilis

Andersen, 1909

Talaud 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

Andersen, K.C. 1909-01-01. Notes on the genus Acerodon, with a synopsis of its species and subspecies, and descriptions of four new forms. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)3(13):20-29.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071378

Original name as described

Acerodon humilis

Other common names

Talaud Acerodon · Talaud Fruit Bat

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1908.7.26.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95dcac54-d40c-4b1d-af55-4d99486d8f57

Type locality

"Lirong, Talaud Islands," Indonesia.

Biogeographic realm

Indomalaya

Country distribution

Indonesia

IUCN Red List status

Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1004443

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.

Acerodon humilis

Andersen, 1909

Family

Pteropodidae

Root name

humilis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1908.7.26.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/95dcac54-d40c-4b1d-af55-4d99486d8f57

Authority page

25

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22071378

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 (1982:111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Simmons (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8551)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #138) (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/1004443) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/138/115517951) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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